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Quotes on 'introspection'

Introspection is the act of self-examination and reflecting inwardly on one's thoughts, emotions, and experiences. This page is a compilation of insightful and thought-provoking quotes that delve into the concept of introspection. Through the wisdom and perspectives of various authors, philosophers, and thinkers, these quotes encourage us to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves, to examine our beliefs and behaviors, and to discover our true purpose in life. Whether you are seeking self-discovery, personal growth, or simply pondering life's complexities, this collection of quotes will inspire you to embark on an introspective journey of self-discovery.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. Read Summary

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. Read Summary

How can we know the dancer from the dance? Read Summary

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in. Read Summary

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? Read Summary

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous. Read Summary

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life. Read Summary

I'm a Scorpio with a Pisces moon. I am very critical of myself. I'm actually way less critical of others than I am of myself. I'm in my own head a lot. It's hard and really discouraging. Read Summary

Music is my form of cleansing and introspection, so I have to grow in order to accomplish it. Read Summary

How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought. Read Summary

I am a victim of introspection. Read Summary

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Read Summary

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow. Read Summary

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected. Read Summary

Do we mean love, when we say love? Read Summary

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it. Read Summary

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. Read Summary

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. Read Summary

If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face. Read Summary

That's how I feel sometimes. I don't want to be around nobody. I just want to be alone. Read Summary