Inward Quotes

476 Inward quotes by 347 unique authors

Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that… — Pope Francis
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself… — Ralph Cudworth
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. — Henry Van Dyke
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. — Henry Van Dyke
The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great. — Meister Eckhart
As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though… — B. C. Forbes
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. — William Hazlitt
One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental… — William James
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers… — Soren Kierkegaard
When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. It makes you more inward and… — Marina and the Diamonds
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom.… — Rollo May
The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull… — Jon Meacham
There never was a war that was not inward. — Marianne Moore
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience;… — Friedrich Nietzsche
War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency. — Conor Oberst
So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray. — Mary Oliver
I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign… — Laurence Olivier
Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never. — Theodore Parker
Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our… — Tariq Ramadan
Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you… — Unknown Author
The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result. — Francis Schaeffer
Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the… — Virginia Woolf
After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently… — John Woolman

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