Quotes about Introspection

A deep distress hath humanized my Soul.

And I was taught to feel, perhaps too much, The self-sufficing power of solitude.

And I was taught to feel, perhaps too much, The self-sufficing power of solitude.

A deep distress hath humanised my soul.

O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in every thing. What more I have to say is short, And you must kindly take it: It is no tale; but, should you think, Perhaps a tale you'll make it.

Resigned to vacant musing, Unreproved neglect of all things And deliberate holiday.

I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts, Bring sad thoughts to the mind." William Wordsworth

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.

It was a very lonely spirit that looked out from underneath those shaggy brows and comprehended men without fully communing with them, as if in spite of all its genial efforts at comradeship, it dwelt apart, saw its visions of duty where no man looked on.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."~