Quotes about Introspection

We often say, "I am not very happy. I am not content with the way my life is going. I am not really joyful or peaceful. But I don't know how things can be different, and I guess I have to be realistic and accept my life as it is." It is this mood of resignation that prevents us from actively naming our reality, articulating our experience, and moving more deeply into the life of the Spirit.

The measure of your solitude is the measure of your capacity for communion.

Silence is the discipline that helps us to go beyond the entertainment quality of our lives.

It is in this solitude that we discover that being is more important than having, and that we are worth more than the result of our efforts.

But in Solitude, we can pay attention to our inner self

it became increasingly clear to me that I know quite well the difference between darkness and light but do not always have the courage to name them by their true names.

We probably will never be free from all our hostilities, and there even may be days and weeks in which our hostile feelings dominate our emotional life to such a degree that the best thing we can do is to keep distance, speak little to others and not write letters, except to ourselves.

Holding the cup of life means looking critically at what we are living. This requires great courage, because when we start looking, we might be terrified by what we see. Questions may arise that we don't know how to answer. Doubts may come up about things we thought we were sure about. Fear may emerge from unexpected places.

In the depths of his anguish, Henri made a conscious choice to spend a good part of every day in solitude, seeking God.

Solitude is the furnace of transformation.

Solitude is the place of the great struggle and the great encounter — the struggle against the compulsions of the false self, and the encounter with the loving God who offers himself as the substance of the new self.

crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him. Real prayer comes from the heart.