Quotes about Introspection

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing.

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long, and when this lonely girl was a greater mystery to him than any women of the world...

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long, and when this lonely girl was a greater mystery to him than any women of the world...

Writing is very hard mostly because until you try to write something down, it's easy to fool yourself into believing you understand things. Writing is terrible for vanity and self-delusion.

You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being, the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to. For my system, which you disapprove of, is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness --- it means more to me than my life itself.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying..

Rather than walk about holy places we can thus pause in our thoughts, examine our heart, and visit the wheel promised land.

it has been and always will be my desire not to attack even those whom public repute disgraces. I am not delighted at the faults of any man, since I am very conscious myself of the great beam in my own eye, nor can I be the first to cast a stone at the adulteress.

We need a millstone around our neck to keep us humble.