Quotes about Introspection

When you're jolted, what spills out is whatever is filling you." When you're suddenly put to the test and don't have time to think about how you're coming across, your real nature will come out. That's why character needs to go all the way through: whatever fills you will spill out. And it's up to you to do something about it.

Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.

As [a man] thin-keth in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7 KJV, italics added).

As [a man] thin-keth in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7 KJV, italics added).

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society — but to change yourself.

Augustine was right when he said that we love the truth when it enlightens us, but we hate it when it convicts us.

Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.

She's a loner, she doesn't care about being around people. So neither failure nor success concerns her.

Those of us who think God addresses us by means of external events are wrong, as naive as children. For he whispers directly into our innermost souls.