Quotes about Introspection
Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.
— William Hazlitt
It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection.
— St. Augustine
My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.
— George Washington
To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying "Amen" to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to keep your soul alive.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
— Francis de Sales
At thirty a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities. ... And above all, accept these things.
— Albert Camus
At thirty a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities. ... And above all, accept these things.
— Albert Camus
At thirty a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities. ... And above all, accept these things.
— Albert Camus
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
— Emily Bronte
It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are-not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within-that you can begin to take control.
— Oprah Winfrey
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
— Aldous Huxley
A humble knowledge of oneself is a surer road to God than a deep searching of the sciences.
— Thomas a Kempis