Quotes about Introspection

Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

Don't fall into the trap of believing so deeply in your own ideology that you cannot even see the flaws in it.

I soon developed myopia and a firm belief that people in books were not only more interesting but more real than people outside of books.

I soon developed myopia and a firm belief that people in books were not only more interesting but more real than people outside of books.

one writerly habit was describing everything I did, no matter how absorbing or how trivial, as if I were standing outside myself and watching.

The nature and specifics of the negative depend on the part of the country and the year, but the common thread is: self-doubt.

The nature and specifics of the negative depend on the part of the country and the year, but the common thread is: self-doubt.

My plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight...I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.

The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but a looking glass.

All that man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. His suffering and happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is. As he continues to think, so he remains.