Quotes about Introspection
One has to be alone, under the sky, Before everything falls into place and one finds his or her own place in the midst of it all. We have to have the humility to realize ourselves as part of nature.
— Thomas Merton
I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.
— Joseph Campbell
A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
— Albert Einstein
...the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent.
— Paulo Coelho
we're all a grab bag of good and eveil, and by and large can't tell which is which
— Madeleine L'Engle
One should feel inside oneself for right and wrong, and should have the patience to gradually realise one's God.
— DH Lawrence
One should feel inside oneself for right and wrong, and should have the patience to gradually realise one's God.
— DH Lawrence
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
— Teresa of Avila
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
— Dale Carnegie