Quotes about Introspection

Think honestly what you have thought that God would not have thought, and what you have not thought that God would have you think.

Whatever problems I face today, I will look for answers inside myself. I will search my heart for any lack of love . . . lack of forgiveness . . . lack of acceptance of my brother or myself. I will be lifted then to an illumined place, where wisdom and truth shall guide me. There I will find the answers that I seek.

Ironic that those most holy are least likely to see themselves that way.

Most Christians are sheltered within their own groups and are too busy arguing with other Christians to notice the sad state of Christianity in a broader sense.

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.

A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.

He is best of all who of himself conceiveth all things;   Good again is he too who can adopt a good suggestion;   But whoso neither of himself conceiveth nor hearing from   another   Layeth it to heart;—he is a useless man.

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.

When in doubt, say nothing and move on.

I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.

What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instinct of beasts.

To underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.