Quotes About Introspection

Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.

The meaning in life is not out there but inbetween our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation.

He sees very clearly - he damn sure sees through me. It's hard to accept that someone can understand you without wishing you well. At Starling's age it hadn't happened to her much.

Our real journey in life is interior.

. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.

I dote on myself. There is a lot of me and all so luscious.

We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?

Being discontented, we either seek a different job or merely succumb to environment...instead of causing us to question life, the whole process of existence.

I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

One thought-murder a day keeps the psychiatrist away.

An unexamined life is not worth living, and an unexamined faith is not worth holding.

My life is just like Breaking Bad except instead of a chemistry teacher I'm just a guy and instead of making meth I don't do much.

I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story.

I'm forty four; I'm way closer to dead than I am life of the party.

Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.

I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.

One has to live a life that creates a writer.

I am more uncertain than I ever was; I feel only the power of life. And I am senselessly empty.

If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong either with you or with your business.

The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.