Quotes About Introspection

I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.

Research suggests that when it comes to understanding our feelings, we humans have an odd mix of low ability and high confidence.

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We fill in blanks and make guesses, but the truth about us is far more complex and subtle than that which can be understood as the straightforward calculation of conscious and rational minds.

emotions differ from thought and action: they are an automatic function. But a man does choose his emotions—ultimately. He does it by virtue of his ability to think, and if necessary to rethink an issue, rejecting an invalid idea at the root of some feeling and replacing it by a new conclusion.

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

An average human looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

Noi tutti siamo esiliati entro lo cornici di uno strano quadro. Chi sa questo, viva da grande, Gli altri sono insetti.

Most people, if you give them a book, they sniff around on it awhile, then try to eat it.

There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

The greatest deception men [and women] suffer is from their own OPINION.

And what kind of a liar is he who can fool only others? To lie to oneself and believe it—that is an art!

Atunci când o persoan? investeÈ™te inconÈ™tient È™i în mod excesiv energie, timp È™i atenÈ›ie într-o tr?s?tur? de caracter dominant?, acea tr?s?tur? devine centrul personalit??ii ei, iar masca È™i persoana devin una È™i aceeaÈ™i.

Powiedz mi, ale szczerze - odezwa?a si? Scully, zmierzaj?c w stron? budynku. - Dlaczego rozsta?e? si? z Jerrym? - Bo jestem trudny. - Pytam powa?nie. - Nie jestem trudny? - Mulder, nie wyg?upiaj si?.

Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe.

Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We're all shitty little snowflakes, dancing in the universe.

I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir" said Alice, "because, I'm not myself you see.

I wonder if I've been changed in the night. Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?

I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.

I wonder if I've been changed in the night. Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

Look after the senses and the sounds will look after themselves

You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.