Quotes about Introspection
Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations. 'For Man is a giddy thing,' teaches William Shakespeare.
— Carl Sagan
And if our naïve self-confidence is a little undermined in the process, is that altogether such a loss? Is there not cause to welcome it as a maturing and character-building experience?
— Carl Sagan
said that all people believe in a god—whether it's the god of hopelessness or the god of circumstances or the god of ourselves or the god of some other person. It took me a long time to figure out what my god was.
— Terri Blackstock
Why wander all over the world looking for something you already have? You are already the richest person on Earth.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
This is why, to be happy [...] we need to take some time each day to sit down, look into ourselves, and identify the kind of energy that's motivating us and where it is pushing us.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Everything is in your own heart.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
We blame our suffering on another person or group, or on bad luck, but outside conditions are not the reason it appears. Our suffering was already there.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
What we lack is not an ideology or a doctrine that will save the world. What we lack is awareness of what we are, of what our true situation really is.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
As the blade of a sword cannot cut itself, so a thought cannot see itself.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
I don't want people following Jon Kabat-Zinn. I want them following themselves.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
Angry and resentful people enjoy judging other people's problems because it makes them feel better about their own issues.
— Jesse Lee Peterson