Quotes about Introspection

Seek not to speak, but that you might have something to say.

We want to ask questions and not just make assertions.

Things good and bad will happen to us, of course. But what our life amounts to, at least for those who reach full age, is largely, if not entirely, a matter of what we become within.

Often a good starting point when trying to help those who do not believe in God or accept Christ as Lord is to get them to deal honestly with the question: Would I like for there to be a God? Or, would I like it if Jesus turned out to be Lord? This may help them realize the extent to which what they want to be the case is controlling their ability to see what is the case.

We live from our depths—most of which we do not understand.

Such planning should include identifying the things in your life that you believe trouble Jesus—impatience, overeating, lying, or whatever it may be for you.

We often don't know our own stories because we doubt their existence, dismiss their importance, or we're distracted.

The route to facing what we feel is not by devaluing the darkness of what we feel, but by valuing the deep structure of why we don't want to feel. Once we face why feeling is so hard, then we can move beyond what we feel to the deeper energy within us that keeps us from grappling honestly with our emotions. Then we will not only feel more deeply, but—more importantly—we will feel our feelings in a way that exposes our struggle with God.

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

In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.

In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.

A veil of insanity everywhere: Oh why I was born in this age? It is a terrible age.