Quotes about Introspection

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.

I hate quotes: tell me what you know.

I hate quotes: tell me what you know.

If a person is constantly reading and absorbing the thoughts of others, their growth will be stunted. In order to fully develop, we need periods of solitude, self-inquiry, and recovery.

wisdom begins with the humility to say there's a great deal I don't understand.

Are we really ever completely our own person or have we been conditioned in ways beyond our own imagination?

Seeking new sensations while violating the sacred first desecrates the self and finally destroys the sensation.