Quotes about Introspection
But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.
— Stephen Covey
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
— Steve Jobs
In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
— St. Basil
Being the smartest person in the room I think can be very lonely.
— Lindsey Morgan
The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God.
— Henri Nouwen
The little things in life are as interesting as the big ones.
— Henry David Thoreau
The life of the soul is incalculable.
— Margaret Fuller
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.
— Margaret Atwood
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.
— Margaret Atwood
A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.
— Margaret Atwood
When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on.
— CS Lewis
It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.
— Helen Keller