Introspection Quotes

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.

I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.

We shouldn't hide behind anger or anonymity when reliving the past because all that’s happened and all those who belong in our past are part of our story.

There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly.

Well, enough of this introspection. It’s depressing, quite frankly.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

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?

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

Spending time looking for what is missing in your life is futile; if you fail to look within yourself. When we challenge everything we believe we are, we reveal that which we never knew about our own selves.

Don't call anyone a devil, because within you, you can experience hell and the devil, and the devil is nothing, but you!

No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.

The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.

Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness

The world is a palace without bedsheets

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Investigation in our own life is far more rewarding than investigating life of other's.

Introspection is not a privilege, you don't have to subscribe to it. On any occasion you can discover wisdom and oneself.

Absence of questions is not proof of answers.

that's exactly the good thing about the Injun life-you don't have to stop and think about whether or not you're 'happy'-which in my opinionis a highly overrated human condition invented by white folks

Know thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.