How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“True peace is not found in external circumstances, but within ones own heart.” — Graham Aitchison Copy Share Image
“If you ever don't see irony, it's because you're not seeing everything.” — Eric Hirzel Copy Share Image
“The meaning of life can best be simplified as gratifying a personalized set of instincts.” — Eric Hirzel Copy Share Image
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion." [ The Minotaur ]” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“one of those twinges of surreal nostalgia that make you acutely aware of all the living you’ve done and how the choices… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
While blaming someone for something, have a thought on what you would do if in his situation, and ensure whether you're putting… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The way I sing my songs leads the listener into a place of introspection, a state of mind that can trigger self-healing… — Donovan Copy Share Image
“Tamsen lay listening to the crashing of the waves on the beach, the symphony of the ocean competing with the orchestral maneuvers… — Toni Kenyon Copy Share Image
“So he explored, explored within himself, scanning himself with a lamp, as if it were not himself at all but some strange… — Hermann Bahr Copy Share Image
You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Again the important point to remember is that you should keep asking yourself questions. Do not make statements. Ask questions to yourself.… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“...when you're a writer, you become deeper and more uniquely distinct, the more you go inside yourself...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“If we don’t look within nature, we cannot look within ourselves. If we cannot admire the clear and sweet world, we cannot… — Kayla Severson 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
“As we more easily get in touch with others, we seem to lose touch with ourselves. We can’t solve all of our… — Kayla Severson Copy Share Image
“Talking with Elaine like that, with no judgment from her or anything, seemed to bring my feelings more to the surface so… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
Let us protect our children; and let us not allow them to grow up into emptiness and nothingness, to the avoidance of… — Friedrich Frobel Copy Share Image
“INTROSPECTION: LOOKING WITHIN What is there to say about the inner life? It is as complex as the watery byways of Venice,… — Karyn D. Kedar Copy Share Image
“When a boy… discovers that he is more given into introspection and consciousness of self than other boys his age, he easily… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I had never had a grip on myself to start with, living life on cruise-control while I waited for a home… — Alice Yi-Li Yeh Copy Share Image
“On July 30, 1723, when he was nineteen years old, Edwards wrote in his diary, “I have concluded to endeavor to work… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“He accepted the deformity which had made life so hard for him; he knew that it had warped his character, but no… — W. Somerset Maughamset Maugham Copy Share Image
“I remember the sad case of a very godly man whom I knew who had two daughters who were the most excellent… — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
I do feel that the world is entering into a period of the incredible period of reflection and introspection. A lot of… — Marc Newson Copy Share Image
“Pride is a fallacy. None of us are greater than the sum of our parts.” — Eric Hirzel Copy Share Image
“Writing our eulogy can be a wake-up call to prioritize what truly matters.” — Sam Izad Copy Share Image
“Think of your head as an unsafe neighborhood; don't go there alone.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Take the time to think. Get into the regular habit of personal introspection.” — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
“Stranger: Do you believe in Jesus, my friend? Foreigner: O yes, I do but who the hell are you?” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image