Quotes about Introspection
Ironic that those most holy are least likely to see themselves that way.
— Mark Buchanan
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.
— Mark Driscoll
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.
— Mark Twain
A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.
— Aristotle
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.
— Aristotle
Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.
— Aristotle
When in doubt, say nothing and move on.
— Arthur C. Clarke
I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
To underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.
— Soren Kierkegaard
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
— Soren Kierkegaard