Quotes about Introspection
Surely, conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows His creatures' hearts.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.
— Hannah More
But I shall follow the endless, winding way, — the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.
— Herman Melville
O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.
— St. Augustine
Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly.
— Thomas a Kempis
No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be.
— GK Chesterton
Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, "What comes into your mind when you think about God?" we might predict with certainty the future of that man.
— AW Tozer
What is essential in the life of a man of my kind is what he thinks and how he thinks, and not what he does or suffers.
— Albert Einstein
A man who lives unrelated to other human beings dies. But a man who lives unrelated to himself also dies.
— Anais Nin
A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
A man who says, 'I was wrong,' really in effect says, 'I am a little wiser today than I was yesterday.
— Charles Spurgeon
That's it! When you come to know men, that's how they are: too sensitive in the wrong place.
— DH Lawrence