Quotes About Introspection

I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.

All my writing has been an effort to sort out the paradoxes of my life.

I like exploring life and its complexities.

Remember where you have been and know where you are going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?

From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited any readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.

I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

There is a what-the-hell moment in life when you feel you have been pre-punished for every sin you'll ever commit.

Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, you have to face your demons.

Think deeply about life, it's worth it!

I don't even do anything in real life. I just sit in my studio and write, I call my friends, I watch television. I don't do anything.

Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life?

I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don't think I'm very interesting... I like my work. I like what I gave. And that was it.

I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.

We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. Theres a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

Look at the problems in your life. Ask yourself, 'What kind of thoughts am I having that create this?'

The conscience of the dying belies their life.

Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life.