Introspection Quotes

• 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

  Running, Years, Way

  Junot Diaz (2008). “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, p.209, Faber & Faber

  67 Copy quote

  Show source

• Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

  603 Copy quote

• Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

  Carl Jung

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Letters”

  385 Copy quote

  Show source

• Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

  Carl Jung

  Inspirational, Wise, Dream

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Letters”

  127 Copy quote

  Show source

• By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

  Confucius

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

  "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.

  356 Copy quote

  Show source

• Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Greatness, Law Of Attraction, Goal

  18 Copy quote

• Study yourself. Find your strong points and make them stronger as well as your weak ones and strengthen them. Study yourself carefully and you will see yourself as you really are.

  William Walker Atkinson

  Strong, Study, Weak

  William Walker Atkinson (2016). “WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON Ultimate Collection – 58 Books in One Volume: The Power of Concentration, The Key To Mental Power Development & Efficiency, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, The Secret of Success, Mind Power, Raja Yoga, Self-Healing by Thought Force…”, p.6196, e-artnow

  63 Copy quote

  Show source

• Take time to be quiet. This is something that we don't do enough in this busy world of ours. We rush, rush, rush, and we are constantly listening to noise all around us. The human heart was meant for times of quiet, to peer deep within. It is when we do this that our hearts are set free to soar and take flight on the wings of our own dreams! Schedule some quiet "dream time" this week. No other people. No cell phone. No computer. Just you, a pad, a pen, and your thoughts.

  Jim Rohn

  Dream, Heart, Phones

  7 Copy quote

• Wisdom can only come through honest introspection.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

  9 Copy quote

• Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

  Abdul Kalam

  Adversity, Opportunity

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.5, Universities Press

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

  Carl Sandburg

  Inspirational, Reflection, Men

  94 Copy quote

• Every organization needs to be introspective, transparent, and honest with itself. This only works if everyone is unified on the goals and purposes of the organization and there is trust within the team. High-performing, successful organizations build cultures of introspection and trust and never lose sight of their purpose.

  Colin Powell

  Team, Successful, Sight

  283 Copy quote

• The most mature human insight comes from one's introspection rather than from exterior research.

  Hugh Downs

  Research, Mature, Insight

  6 Copy quote

• There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.

  Charles Bukowski

  Eye, Brain, Realizing

  25 Copy quote

• The unexamined life is not worth living.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  In Plato 'Apology' 38a

  180 Copy quote

  Show source

• The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

  James Russell Lowell

  War, House, Mind

  1869 'On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners', in the Atlantic Monthly, Jan.

  23 Copy quote

  Show source

• Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

  Rollo May

  People, Suffering, Finding Oneself

  Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

  81 Copy quote

  Show source

• The only journey is the one within.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Life, Beautiful, Journey

  65 Copy quote

• Give yourself the gift of time in coming to answers for your life...It takes time, and a lot of introspection and soul-searching, to get clear about what you really want to manifest in your life.

  David Emerald Womeldorff

  Giving, Soul, Answers

  24 Copy quote

• Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

  T. S. Eliot

  Pride, People, Important

  296 Copy quote

• Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

  Lewis Carroll

  Life, Success, Art

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass”, p.13, Bibliolis Books

  29 Copy quote

  Show source

• The problem with introspection is that it has no end.

  Philip K. Dick

  Meditation, Problem, Ends

  Philip K. Dick (2011). “The Transmigration of Timothy Archer”, p.187, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  41 Copy quote

  Show source

• A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Years, Long, Quiet

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear”, p.967, Penguin

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

  Lawrence Durrell

  Travel, Journey, Form

  Lawrence Durrell (2011). “Bitter Lemons of Cyprus”, p.6, Faber & Faber

  23 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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 it ceases feeding on you.

  Anais Nin

  People, Monsters, Creation

  10 Copy quote