Introspection Quotes

140 Introspection quotes by 106 unique authors

If I have learned anything in long years of introspection, it is that life requires a price if you want to be as fully alive… — Eda LeShan
Break from self rejection, try some introspection. — Henry Rollins
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known,… — Caroline Knapp
On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera… — Robert Brustein
Hunger is a powerful incentive to introspection. — Willa Cather
The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?" — Frederick Lenz
In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to balance your spirit,… — Frederick Lenz
I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn. — Robert Frost
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. — William Godwin
Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For… — Jared Diamond
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. — Lawrence Durrell
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. — George Eliot
Truth suffers from too much analysis. — Frank Herbert
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. — Aldous Huxley
I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection… — Hugh Laurie
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere. — James Russell Lowell
As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the… — Margaret Mead
The only journey is the one within. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food.… — Jonathan Sacks
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection.… — Robert Winston
I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled… — Young-Ha Kim
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. — Aristotle
One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection. — Nick Hornby
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. — Franz Kafka
We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the… — Elizabeth Gilbert

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