Quotes about Introspection
No man knows himself as an original.
— Washington Allston
No man knows himself as an original.
— Washington Allston
Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.
— Henepola Gunaratana
The superior man limits his achievements.
— Confucius
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.
— Cicero
Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit.
— Max Lucado
A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is alright. This is common sense really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not well you are sleeping.
— CS Lewis
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