Quotes about Introspection
He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.
— John Donne
I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn't know much about living.
— Elton John
As a general remark, I would say we must move from the moral to the mystical life.
— Henri Nouwen
Midway in our life's journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood.
— Dante Alighieri
I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful.
— Moby
Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
— Publilius Syrus
When you get before great people you don't talk a lot, you ask questions
— Myles Munroe
Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise, and falls again. I am a poet, yes. Surely I am a great poet.
— Virginia Woolf
It is a great thing to know your vices.
— Cicero
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.
— Soren Kierkegaard
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
— Henry David Thoreau
The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.
— Fr. Richard Rohr