Quotes about Introspection

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.

Jennings, barely listening to the little girls' chatter, sat amazed at the way life continued. He was not the same person.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

Do you seek Alcides' equal? None is, except himself.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

Some think it is the big things that cause men to stumble. Often it is the minor ones that shake us the most. This shows the futility of self-confidence.

And now was I both a burthen and a terror to myself; nor did I ever so know, as now, what it was to be weary of my life, and yet afraid to die. 

Then have we right thoughts of God, when we think that He knows us better than we know ourselves, and can see sin in us when and where we can see none in ourselves; when we think He knows our inmost thoughts, and that our heart, with all its depths, is always open unto His eyes; also when we think that all our righteousness stinks in His nostrils, and that therefore He cannot abide to see us stand before Him in any confidence, even in all our best performances.

I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life. It can help you to figure out what's really important and what isn't. As writer and Catholic priest Henri J. M. Nouwen observed, "When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you.

If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles, you wouldn't be able to sit down for weeks.

La humildad no es negar sus fortalezas. La humildad es ser sincero acerca de sus debilidades". —Rick Warren