“If you ever don't see irony, it's because you're not seeing everything.” — Eric Hirzel Copy Share Image
How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.” — Floriano Martins Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.” — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Introspection does not need to be a still life. It can be an active alchemy.” — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“That's because self discovery happens through experiences, not from introspection.” — Sheena Hutchinson Copy Share Image
“My father and grandfather were noises now there are just silent and disappointed.” — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
“If we’re not mindful about what it is to be mindful, then never-mind.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The most important thing about a person is that you know who you are and what you want. You should be capable… — Louis van Gaal Copy Share Image
Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Will is guided by wisdom. Wisdom comes from introspection, looking inside yourself, probing, studying the wisdom of the teachers, the masters and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“There is no room for morbid introspection in the life of a follower of Jesus. Why? Because when we search our own… — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
“True inspiration unfolds itself, not by force or it becomes fake. True intuition is also the ability to be observant.” — Chris Messner Copy Share Image
He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“When you travel mentally from a low point to a high point, the ensuing inspiration eclipses the negativity of the initial downfall.” — Raoul Davis Jr Copy Share Image
“I told him I had no use for introspection and navel-gazing. I was probably one of the few New Yorkers who had… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I certainly learned to be at ease with myself in the years I spent at Penlan, but it was not by knowing… — Neil Ansell Copy Share Image
“Shall I run back into the desert ... and stay there until the devil has passed out of me and I am… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The worry that unreflective belief acquisition may be unreliable, after all, applies equally to reflective belief acquisition: it too may be unreliable.… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
There are always differences when you adapt a novel to a film. A novel is longer so you're automatically cutting out elements… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Information is key to raising awareness of what our brain withholds from our conscious mind. Unfortunately we are hardwired emotion-driven thinkers. It… — David Bloor Copy Share Image
“...It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself, you could have made her blush any day of the… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Crossing the prairie he had learned something that he knew to be a contradiction: that a constant sound—like the slithering of wind-blown… — Mark Warren Copy Share Image
It does not always help to analyze and think about problems with your rational mind. Sometimes it is far more effective to… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
Again, when we view a scene fleetingly, do we consciously see all the details even though we don't retain them, or do… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
“So, along with clear seeing, there’s another important element, and that’s kindness. It seems that, without clarity and honesty, we don’t progress.… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“But one must remember that they were all men with systems. Freud, monumentally hipped on sex (for which he personally had little… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“Now, it’s undeniably true that male writers (including yours truly) are generally and commercially allowed to write about “girl stuff” without being… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“It pained her that a few hundred words in an also-ran newspaper could get her kicked out. That damned article. And Rook.… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
