“...efforts to make work fun only annoy most of us, especially the introvert.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Though I may be efficient at the family table, I linger at the table for two.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“because Saleem was louder about Islam than I was, he was considered more of a man.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Odd how six people could be a crowd when she lived daily among millions.” — Isabel Cooper Copy Share Image
“Our challenge as introverts is to adopt the attitude, based on the introversion assumption, that your need to retreat requires no explanation—it… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“...it is impossible to fully and fairly understand introversion without looking inside. We aren’t just going away, we’re going toward something.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“It takes an extrovert to bring out my upbeat side. If it were up to me, everyone would probably just sit around… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“We don't usually wish we were invisible unless, for some extreme reason, we were noticed first.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you 'too much' in some ways and 'not enough' in others. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Although when there were too many people around- which there certainly were today- it was hard even to remember to say thank… — Robin Mckinley Copy Share Image
“The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.” — Ross McDonald Copy Share Image
“Jacob opened the refrigerator and stared into it vacantly, with the false purposefulness that lingers for a few moments when a person… — Caleb Crain Copy Share Image
“For the introvert, as for the flâneur, observing is not a fallback position—something we do because we can’t participate. We watch because… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Já jsem uctivý a zdvořilý ke každému, ale kdyby lidi věděli, jak těžká mi je tato uctivost a zdvořilost, utíkali by ode… — Jakub Deml Copy Share Image
“My life had got on the wrong track, and my contact with men had become now a mere soliloquy. I had fallen… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“I talk with many Shadow Dwellers who are mystified by the fact that chatty workers are rarely reprimanded. Sit and gossip and… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Tocqueville saw that the life of constant action and decision which was entailed by the democratic and businesslike character of American life… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“While extroverts tend to attain leadership in public domains, introverts tend to attain leadership in theoretical and aesthetic fields. Outstanding introverted leaders,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For an introvert, interacting in a group setting does mean missing out. Where there is too much input, the introvert misses his… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
The end of the world: the wholesale internal introversion upon itself of the noosphere, which has simultaneously reached the uttermost limit of… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
[On Jung's theory of psychological types:] My mother, Katharine C. Briggs, introduced it into our family and made it a part of… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“We have created youth ministry that confuses extroversion with faithfulness. We have effectively communicated to young people that sincerely following Jesus is… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Events like this don't give me the sense of oneness others seem to enjoy; it's always been private occasions that make me… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“To express want is to own the desire, to stand in your own reality. The easier alternative is the language of impairment:… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from "peer pressure".” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introversion, when embraced, is a wellspring of riches. It took me years to acknowledge this simple reality, to claim my home, and… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured...Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
![“[On Jung's theory of psychological types:] My mother, Katharine C. Briggs, introduced it into our family and made it a part of our lives. She and I waited a long time for someone to devise an instrument that would reflect not only one's preference for extraversion or introversion but one's…” quote by Isabel Briggs Myers](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a89/isabel-briggs-myers-15094_family_on-jung-s-theory-of-psychological-types_309700.png)
