Quotes about Introspection
A man's life is what his thoughts make it.
— Marcus Aurelius
Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.
— Harold S. Kushner
Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
— Dallas Willard
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
— Elie Wiesel
Where I come from if a man can't think of anything to pray about offhand, why, there is no need of him praying.
— Will Rogers
The deepest rivers make least din, the silent soule doth most abound in care.
— William Alexander
An honest assessment of our own capabilities, without conceit and without false modesty, is one of the first essentials of a useful life.
— William Barclay
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.
— William Faulkner
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
— William Faulkner
Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.
— William Faulkner
My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
— William Golding
Maybe," he said hesitantly, "maybe there is a beast." [...] "What I mean is, maybe it's only us.
— William Golding