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• It does not always help to analyze and think about problems with your rational mind. Sometimes it is far more effective to turn to your inner self, to ask the universe for help. Simply sit quietly. Take a few deep breaths and focus your awareness within. Ask your wise inner self, either silently or aloud, for guidance or help in understanding the message. As you get a sense of what feels right, act on this feeling.

  Shakti Gawain

  Wise, Thinking, Self

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• From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life, as well as a means of achievement.

  Nikola Tesla

  Mean, Blessing, Views

  Nikola Tesla (2013). “Famous Scientific Illusions”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

  Brenda Lee

  Feelings, Goes On, Used

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• 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

  Mind, Tragedy, Study

  Henry Adams (2015). “The Education of Henry Adams”, p.423, Booklassic

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• You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

  Gary Shteyngart

  Book, People, Needs

  "Will Social Media Make Us Anti-Social? A Talk With Gary Shteyngart". Interview with Mary Kuntz, www.theatlantic.com. October 26, 2011.

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• 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 the natural world for some glimmer of understanding? Why retreat into anxious introspection when, as Emerson might have said, there is a vast world outside to explore? Why spend so much time working on oneself when there is so much real work to be done?

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Real, Understanding, Might

  Barbara Ehrenreich (2009). “Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America”, p.76, Macmillan

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• Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going?-are not questions with an answer but questions that open us up to new questions which lead us deeper into the unshakeable mystery of existence.

  Henri Nouwen

  Answers, Mystery, Existence

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• Actually, Bruce [Springsteen] taught me about introspection. I think that's an incredible gift. I can really look inside myself. And you know what? I like what's inside. And it's taken me a long time to say that.

  Julianne Phillips

  Taken, Thinking, Long

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• Happiness can never hope to command so much interest as distress.

  Stella Gibbons

  Interest, Command, Cold Comfort Farm

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• Again the important point to remember is that you should keep asking yourself questions. Do not make statements. Ask questions to yourself. The mind hates that.

  Robert Adams

  Hate, Doubt, Mind

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• Break from self rejection, try some introspection.

  Henry Rollins

  Inspirational, Self, Rejection

  Song: Low Self Opinion

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• I don't think that we can figure out what is going on in conscious colour perception just by phenomenological introspection. We need to know about brain mechanisms as well. We need to figure out what information is present in the mechanisms that constitute conscious colour perception.

  David Papineau

  Thinking, Perception, Brain

  "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

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• Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real you never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.

  Shashi Deshpande

  Real, Mirrors, Self

  Shashi Deshpande (1989). “That Long Silence”, p.1, Penguin Books India

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• When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.

  Jessica Alba

  Care, Comedy, Inhibitions

  "Jessica Alba In ‘Elle’: Shows Skin, Talks Motherhood". Elle Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 04, 2010.

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• The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Tasks, Asking

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• 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 with their existence.

  Young-Ha Kim

  Self, Soul, Portraits

  Young-ha Kim (2007). “I Have the Right to Destroy Myself”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What will really release the kundalini is creating a stillness in your life. This stillness will come about through deep caring and introspection. It will come about slowly and then quickly - it builds momentum.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Caring, Creating

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• Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.

  Debbie Ford

  Vacation, Best Years Of Your Life, Skills

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• 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, develop willpower, increase your sense of humor and gain wisdom.

  Frederick Lenz

  Practice, Balance, Mindfulness

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• Julian Jaynes's theories for the nature of self-awareness, introspection, and consciousness have replaced the assumption of their almost ethereal uniqueness with explanations that could initiate the next change in paradigm for human thought.

  Michael Persinger

  Self, Next, Assumption

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• When a person finds life hard, he needs motivation and inspiration; but if he finds life’s journey easy, then he needs meditation and introspection to know the true quality of his life.

  Anuj

  Motivation, Inspiration, Journey

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• I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are as individuals in this culture any more.

  Naomi Judd

  Reflection, Thinking, Enough Time

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• All Disruption starts with introspection.

  Jay Samit

  Disruption

  Jay Samit (2015). “Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation”, p.5, Macmillan

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• It is good for society to have this introspection.

  Jacques Verges

  Anger, Society

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• One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom -such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it -those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself: he will never get to drink the strongest refreshing draught from his own innermost fountain.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Book, Passion, Boredom

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