Quotes about Introspection

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

I chide society, I embrace solitude, and yet I am not so ungrateful as not to see the wise, the lovely, and the noble-minded, as from time to time they pass my gate.

Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a

And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.

Why should I vapor and play the philosopher, instead of ballasting, the best I can, this dancing balloon?

The good are befriended even by weakness and defect. As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhat made useful to him. ...Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you

Do not cumber yourself with fruitless pains to mend and remedy remote effects; let the soul be erect, and all things will go well.

In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,—no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

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