Civilization Quote by Isabel Briggs Myers

“Finally, although extraverts certainly have more worldly wisdom and a better sense of expediency, introverts have a corresponding advantage in unworldly wisdom. They are…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

While there are relatively few extreme introverts or extroverts, most of us lean in one direction or the other. If we lean more toward…

— Vivek Murthy

“Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of…

— Susan Cain

Some introverts are actually brilliant extraverts. They're just afraid of judgement.

— Modestas Rinkevicius

Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

— Laurie Helgoe

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

— Susan Cain

“Problems arise for the introverts because they often do not look closely enough at the outer situation and, therefore, do not really see it.…

— Isabel Briggs Myers

Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity's greatest achievements.

— Susan Cain

Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers of concentration…

— Susan Cain

“Extroverts are more likely to take a quick-and-dirty approach to problem-solving, trading accuracy for speed, making increasing numbers of mistakes as they go, and…

— Susan Cain

Extraverts ... cannot understand life until they have lived it. Introverts ... cannot live life until they understand it.

— Isabel Briggs Myers

“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