Quotes About Introspection

I can't properly explain it, but I don't mind admitting I suffered a breakdown.

I probably suffered from a narcissistic disorder in some way.

When I was younger, about 15, I suffered badly from depression.

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.

The regrets I have are strong enough that I wouldn't share 'em. I think that you can't live without suffering some.

Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.

The things that motivated me at 21 don't suffice. Which is scary but really liberating in a way. It's taken me a long time to feel like, instead of being invited to the party with a bunch of people I don't know, that I actually deserve to be here.

The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

For a long time, I was brilliantly achieving drawings that were inert, suffocating and dark. If ever you need illustrations that are inert, suffocating and dark, I know how to do them.

Recently, I looked back at my first manuscripts and was struck by the lack of space, of breath. That's exactly how it felt, back then... like I was suffocating.

Ray Leonard is more the family man, kind of quiet. He's not as outgoing as Sugar Ray Leonard. Sugar Ray Leonard was very determined, very focused, very outgoing and very selfish, if you will. There are two different individuals there.

I realized I can do other things. I started developing opinions on serious matters and it's not all sugar and spice.

If you believe in a higher power or if you believe in God, then I would suggest that you go to God and see if you can find some solutions. If you don't believe in God, then try to be as honest with yourself as you possibly can... When I've chosen the light of God or self-honesty, my own misery has brought me to a solution.

I am not as bad as people would suggest. Not as good as I would like to be.

I suggest that instead of criticising us, the establishment has a bloody good look at itself.

We didn't have a television, so I grew up with books. This isn't to suggest I'm an intellectual, but I do read a lot because part of acting is an exploration of literature.

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

Everyone who means well gives advice based on his or her perception. I have realized that while it's important to hear the suggestions, one should only listen to oneself.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off the sofa. It's better to write about suicide than to contemplate it too heavily.