Quotes about Introspection
Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.
— St. Augustine
A mind might ponder its thought for an epoch, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love your silences, they are like mine.
— Anais Nin
Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's why I never apologize to my mirror.
— Stephen Colbert
Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility
— Mother Teresa
Each of us has a "soft spot": the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, and it is equally inherent in pain.
— Pema Chodron
The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
— Thomas a Kempis
In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
— Soren Kierkegaard
In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.
— Thomas Merton
If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three-piece suit." He counsels the arrogant that facing Christ is like entering the Church of the Nativity: "The door is so low, you can't go in
— Max Lucado