Introspection Quotes

140 Introspection quotes by 106 unique authors

But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in. — Junot Diaz
Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all. — Rollo May
There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the… — Anais Nin
Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection. — Peter De Vries
Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be. — Henry David Thoreau
The problem with introspection is that it has no end. — Philip K. Dick
Grover didn't say anything for awhile. Then, when I thought he was going to give me some deep philosophical comment to make me feel better,… — Rick Riordan
Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting. — Young-Ha Kim
Of all studies, the one he would rather have avoided was that of his own mind. He knew no tragedy so heartrending as introspection. — Henry Adams
Strange, when one thinks of all the other boys, infinite experimental kisses, test tube infatuations, crushes, pseudo-loves. All through this physical separation, through the testing… — Sylvia Plath
Our self discoveries make us each a microcosm of the larger pattern of history. The inertia of introspection leads toward recollection, for only through memory… — Terence McKenna
It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where… — Carl Sandburg
The thing is that I am a member of that sad, ever-dwindling minority... the child of an unbroken home. I have carried this albatross since… — Martin Amis
Happiness can never hope to command so much interest as distress. — Stella Gibbons
Introspection is a devouring monster. You have to feed it with much material, much experience, many people, many places, many loves, many creations, and then… — Anais Nin
Anyone who does not see the vanity of the world is very vain himself. So who does not see it, apart from young people whose… — Blaise Pascal
Just friends, just friends. Standing there in the bookstore, watching Seth walk away, I half wondered how anyone could still use that line. But I… — Richelle Mead
The very young have, properly speaking, no moments. It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the… — Joseph Conrad
Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer. — Vera Nazarian
[in the true mad north] of introspection, where 'falcons of the inner eye' dive and die, glimpsing in their dying fall, all life's memory of… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The question is why one should be so inwardly preoccupied at all. Why not reach out to others in love and solidarity or peer into… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made for relationship, we… — N. T. Wright
Appius Livius Ocella made mistakes in his whole long existence. Perhaps changing Eric was his finest hour. He created the perfect vampire. Eric's only flaw… — Charlaine Harris
Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. — Soichiro Honda
Wisdom can only come through honest introspection. — Nirmala Srivastava

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