Quotes about Introspection
For (such is our innate pride) we always seem to ourselves just, and upright, and wise, and holy, until we are convinced, by clear evidence, of our injustice, vileness, folly, and impurity.
— John Calvin
I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and invite God and his angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
— John Donne
Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
— John Donne
But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
— John Donne
But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
— John Donne
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
The border between good and evil passes not outside of us but within us
— Pope Francis
Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
— Publilius Syrus