Quotes about Introspection

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. There is no big man who has not felt small. Some men never feel small; but these are the few men who are.

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.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

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.