Quotes About Soul-searching

to explore the inner country of his own soul.

When the word moderation becomes a dirty word we have some soul searching to do.

He'd lost track of what he wanted, and since who a person was what a person wanted, you could say that he'd lost track of himself.

Every human being goes through a period of time in their life where they feel like they've lost who they are, and they're trying to figure out who they are and what they want to be.

I prodded at my emotions with a long stick as if they were something dead in the woods. I interrogated myself. Are you sad? Are you angry? Are you disappointed? Heartbroken?

You have to love what you do. And in order to do that, you have to search your soul to find out what it is that you really are about. And then when you find it, if you're lucky enough to be in a position to do what it is that you love, it becomes easy. I'm blessed that I ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do.

In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write?

There is only one journey. Going inside yourself.

No one can advise and assist you, no one. There is only one way: go into yourself.

The only journey is the journey within.

There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself...Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.

You are looking outward, which, now above all, you should not do. No one can advise and assist you, no one. There is only one way: go into yourself. Seek out the reason that commands you to write; discover if it has stretched out its roots into the deepest part of your heart, admit to yourself whether you would have to die if it were forbidden you to write.

There is only one way; Go within.

I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.

Her eyes reversed into herself, to watch the secret heart of herself pounding itself into pieces against the side of her chest.

He paused and tried to feel into himself to see what was really there.

What troubles you, Sarah?

Agenbite of inwit. Conscience.

It had been late one night—of course. It had been a difficult day—of course. There had been soulful music playing on the ship's sound system—of course. And he had, of course, been slightly drunk. In other words, all the usual conditions that bring on a bout of soul-searching had applied, but it had, nevertheless, clearly been an error.

One must seek the truth within – not without.

Maybe we should always start everything from the inside and work to the outside, and not from the outside to the inside. What d'you think?

The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.

The only journey is the one within.

I'm not even sure who I really am sometimes.