Famous Quotes - Tags - Introspection

  • ... a curious superstition. This is the belief that, if there be introspection at all, it must... More
  • But when the self speaks to the self, who is speaking?—the entombed soul, the spirit driven in,... More
  • Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast... More
  • He moved with the shades of the dead and the dead-born and the unborn and the never-to-be-born,... More
  • How all becomes clear and simple when one opens an eye on the within, having of course previously... More
  • I had drawn away into the salt,
    myself, a shell
    emptied of life. More
  • I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics. More
  • I would think until I found
    Something I can never find,
    Something lying on the... More
  • I, of whom I know nothing, I know my eyes are open, because of the tears that pour from them... More
  • If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even... More
  • Imaginary frontiers invisible to the eye of flesh More
  • Imagination places the future world for us either above or below or in reincarnation. We dream of... More
  • In compensation for considerable disgust, despondency, and boredom—such as living in solitude... More
  • Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is... More
  • It is a thorny undertaking, and more so than it seems, to follow a movement so wandering as that... More
  • Look inwardmerica.
    Move our own furniture into the house. More
  • Most of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which... More
  • O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
    To see oursels as others see us!
    It wad frae monie a... More
  • One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom—such as a solitude without friends,... More
  • Others apart sat on a Hill retir’d,
    In thoughts more elevate, and reason’d high
    Of... More
  • Self-alienation is the source of all degradation as well as, on the contrary, the basis of all... More
  • Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real “you” never emerges. Looking... More
  • The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. More
  • The man who busies himself overmuch with the workings of his own soul cannot help being... More
  • The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his... More
  • The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere. More
  • The terrible fluidity of self-revelation. More
  • Unlike the normal pattern, I know I have grown more liberal as I’ve grown older. I have become... More
  • We’ve become a race of Peeping Toms. What people oughta do is get outside their own house and... More
  • What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere—it is an art form in itself. More
  • Why else keep a journal, if not
    to examine your own filth? More

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