Quotes About Introspective

was it they who were flawed, or was it he?

Rien ne rend plus léger parfois qu'une certaine horreur de soi.

Each of us is indeed alone.

it would even be inexact to say that I thought of those who read it as readers of my book. Because they were not, as I saw it, my readers. More exactly they were readers of themselves, my book being a sort of magnifying glass … by which I could give them the means to read within themselves.

Cada lector es, cuando lee, el propio lector de sí mismo. La obra del escritor no es más que una especie de instrumento óptico ofrecido al lector para permitirle discernir lo que, sin ese libro, no hubiera podido ver en sí mismo.

Of all the complexities of the ten thousand things, the self-consciousness of man is ten thousand times the most complex.

For the most part people are not curious except about themselves.

Show me the man who isn't interested in discussing himself.

I hope I'm not so small-souled as to take satisfaction in being missed.

Perhaps that might be the way to write this book--to open the page and to let the stories crawl in by themselves.

His mind grinned inward at itself.

If it troubles us it must be that we find the trouble in ourselves.

I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind.

we had talked ourselves into silence.

I'm a living abortion.

Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself .

Take the time in your life to think about who you are from your own perspective and not someone else's.

Stop looking outside yourself for the answer, you may never resolve the external problem. But once you start looking inside yourself for any mistakes, it may become easier to resolve any problem in your life.

She's not a loner she's just independent. She doesn't count on people beacause when things get bad, they always seem to leave. She keeps things to herself beacause in reality, nobody really cares. She isn't mean, she just stopped being so nice to people who don't care about her. She's not a bi... she just likes to speak her mind and is honest. Get to know her first.

Indubitavelmente, raríssimas pessoas compreendem o caráter puramente subjetivo desse fenômeno em que consiste o amor e como é o amor uma espécie de criação de um indivíduo suplementar, distinto daquele que usa no mundo o mesmo nome, e que formamos com elementos na maioria tirados de nós mesmos. Por isso, poucos são os que podem achar naturais as proporções enormes que acaba assumindo para nós uma criatura que não é a mesma que eles veem.

It is a great thing to know your vices.

Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That's me: I'm not that.

The toughest thing to do on earth is rectifying oneself, and the easiest is to criticizing others.

Instead of pointing out the faults of others, look in the mirror, find your own faults and start to better yourself. That should keep you busy!