Quotes about Introspection

The first step to knowing God's plan for our lives is the commitment to see ourselves as we really are.

Every time you ask for forgiveness, you recognize that the biggest problems you face in life exist inside of you, not outside of you.

No one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do. It's a fact that you and I are in an endless conversation with ourselves.

When someone who knows you points out a sin, a weakness, or a failure, are you thankful?

Perhaps before you start confessing your sin you should first confess your righteousness.

Perhaps before you start confessing your sin you should first confess your righteousness.

Midlife doesn't introduce you to a new you; it forces you to admit who you have been all along.

There is no one we swindle more than we swindle ourselves. There is no one we run to defend more than we do ourselves. And like every other spiritually blind person, Joe was blind to his blindness.

When you are suffering, you have to force yourself to pay attention to your private conversation, that is, the words you say to yourself that no one else hears.

Change begins at the level of the heart.

Suffering causes us to scan our lives and face the fact that we control very little. So we mourn not only our suffering but also what it has forced us to admit about ourselves. Our loss of the illusion of control also adds to the fear that accompanies suffering.

It was humbling to admit that I wasn't living the simple life because I was spiritually committed to it. I was living the simple life because I was poor.