Quotes about Introspection
You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.
— Mortimer Adler
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
— Oprah Winfrey
Trials teach us what we are.
— Charles Spurgeon
In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboreth to good purpose.
— Thomas a Kempis
There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.
— Marilyn Monroe
There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.
— Marilyn Monroe
Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment. The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.
— Bob Marley
The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.
— Bob Marley
Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs — To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind.
— John Updike
Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
— Henry David Thoreau
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
— James Allen
I am only human, although I regret it.
— Mark Twain