Quotes about Introspection
We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered that much was accomplished, and much was begun in us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.
— St. John Chrysostom
... I have read in your face, as plain as if it was a book, that but for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is about us.
— Charles Dickens
You become what you think about all day long.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not look at myself. I have given up myself. I had to, you know, after the murder. That was what it did for me. And that was how everything began
— CS Lewis
If I knew your thoughts, I would know what you are, for your thoughts make you who you are. By changing our thoughts, we can change our lives.
— Dale Carnegie
A girl who truly knows herself is a girl everybody else wants to know
— Mandy Hale
A fearless honesty should characterize both our self-analysis-where we are now-and our pursuit of truth.
— James Sire
All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!
— Dr. Seuss
Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.
— Edith Wharton