Quotes About Introspect

Receive what this great cornucopia has offered, Behold a useful and profitable book. If you think otherwise, Do not lay the blame on the book, but on yourself.

For the unlearned man knows not what it is to descend into himself, or to call himself to account, nor the pleasure of that suavissima vita, indies sentire se fieri meliorem. 

People are mysterious, even to themselves.

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement

non cresce niente sul magniloquio, sul parviloquio o sul soliloquio. Su che cosa cresce qualcosa? Sul riflettiloquio.

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience.

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover

Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find A thousand regions in your mind Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be Expert in home-cosmography."* What

She saw herself in this connexion without detachment – saw others alone with intensity; otherwise she might have been struck, fairly have been amused, by her free assignment of the pachydermatous quality. If

They never opened the door which leads to the soul.

But there comes a time, even in the life of an idle genius, when he has to go to the window and vomit up the excess baggage.

I've spent so much of my life travelling alone, so I keep things to myself.

Your inner knowledge of yourself is what matters

You should look inside of yourself and see the person who is there

You need to understand what there is inside you

Developing the man within comes through self- awareness and self-education

There is no beast or beauty.There is no task or duty.There is only you.

Maybe the problem isn't everything and everyone around you, but what lies within you.

Anyone who wants to be an example to others, must first examine himself.

She wasn't being methodological. She was being autobiographical.

There is no need for a long, persuasive introduction about self-confidence. If you are not a confident person, you already know it.

When you see a good person, think about evaluating that person. When you see a bad person, think about evaluating yourself. —CONFUCIUS

The Question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within