Extroversion Quote by Carrie Fisher

To a greater or lesser extent there goes on in every person a struggle between two forces: the longing for privacy and the urge…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“When introverts sense invasion, we instinctively shut down to protect our inner resources. But in doing so, we lose access to ourselves. From this…

— Laurie Helgoe

“We have created youth ministry that confuses extroversion with faithfulness. We have effectively communicated to young people that sincerely following Jesus is synonymous with…

— James K.A. Smith

“Tocqueville saw that the life of constant action and decision which was entailed by the democratic and businesslike character of American life put a…

— Richard Hofstadter

When it comes to our relationship with loneliness, specifically, it's important to understand how our relative introversion or extroversion informs our preference for social…

— Vivek Murthy

“Introversion—along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness—is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living under the…

— Susan Cain

“The Socially Accessible introvert looks like an extrovert on the outside and sees extroversion as a bar that he or she can never quite…

— Laurie Helgoe

We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of Exodus is…

— Susan Cain

“That Seigo could go into geisha houses, accept luncheon invitations, drop in at the Club, see people off at Shimabashi, meet them at Yokohama,…

— Natsume Sōseki

“Because extroversion lines up so well with American values, we introverts often deprive ourselves of what we most enjoy and thrive on. So, for…

— Laurie Helgoe

Introversion - along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness - is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.

— Susan Cain

“Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme, McHugh is telling us. If you don’t love Jesus out loud, then it must…

— Susan Cain