And here’s the surprising truth: As you gaze at yourself in the mirror held by another, you will see far more than your flaws. You also will see the beauty that is uniquely you; beauty...

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.

A person who is not getting job for long only needs the right opportunity to present himself through introduction ,but he who is in the same job for long requires the right and thorough introspection.

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

Get acquainted with your shadow, or find yourself surprised when a crisis emerges.

There are essentially two questions in life – a spiritual question and a material question. The spiritual question is ‘Who am I?’ The material question is ‘What am I to do with my life?’ One...

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.”[Modernism’s Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)]

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

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

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

How they are all about, these gentlemenIn chamberlains’ apparel, stocked and laced,Like night around their order’s star and gemAnd growing ever darker, stony-faced,And these, their ladies, fragile, wan, but proppedHigh by their bodice, one hand...

During self-reflection, the realization came that revolution begins within.

There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking.

Growing a business requires that we look at ourselves and change the way we make decisions.

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...

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

A person’s mind can find to see only his outer image in the mirror, his heart can see the inner part of his life’s beauty, but his soul can see the whole structure of his...

Look within, There is no difference between yourself, Self and Guru. You are always Free. There is no teacher, there is no student, there is no teaching.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel.

Being happy is easy. Easy until you start believing that happiness is tied to a relationship, a job, your income, a product you buy, fame, a status, or any of a number of things that...

It’s a fact—everyone is ignorant in some way or another.Ignorance is our deepest secret.And it is one of the scariest things out there, because those of us who are most ignorant are also the ones...

Trust not yourself; but your defects to know,Make use of ev’ry friend—and ev’ry foe.

the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.” Thanks, Wikipedia!

When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.

The only journey is the one within.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”[The Minotaur]

Wisdom comes from introspection.

No one has direct access to your mind like you do. That’s why introspection remains a valid technique even after the invention of brain scanners.

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

Your character is a reflection of your thoughts.

The time for a person to instantly interact with his own soul, inspect his own mind and introspect with his own heart to identify his true quality of life is when too many people are...

I’ve learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important...

But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.

If four of you are playing hide and seek you’ll only ever find the other three. For you are already right here. So what on earth is it that you’re looking for? You are the...

Q: Why do I love thee, O Night?A: Because you know I will never answer.

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?

Pride is a fallacy. None of us are greater than the sum of our parts.

Take time to reflect, let ideas flow on their own schedule and let yourself have numerous bad ideas to inspire the good ones.

Doesn’t look like much, does he?” murmurs Frederick. “Hardly a couple of ounces of feathers and bones. But that bird can fly to Africa and back. Powered by bugs and worms and desire.” The wagtail...

The reason I’m attracted to the light of Scripture is because there’s another side of me that is dark. The reason I am interested in men of peace is because I’m not like them and...

Sometimes I feel like one of those sliding tile puzzles. I just get so dang close to what I want to see in the mirror and who I want to be… but then I have...

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

But one must remember that they were all men with systems. Freud, monumentally hipped on sex (for which he personally had little use) and almost ignorant of Nature: Adler, reducing almost everything to the will...

Vision is a beautiful picture clicked with the roll of soul involving mind and heart to do introspection of the past, reflection of the present and connection with the future to see things considered impossible...

The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.

Deep down I think I may be just like everyone else. And do you know what, Harry?””No sir.””That bothers me.

Kau bangun benteng tuk kawal hatimu, dan kau tuduh mereka tak pedulikanmu.

Consciousness of self was an inherent function of matter once it was organized as life, and if that function was enhanced it turned against the organism that bore it, strove to fathom and explain the...

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Sebastian is in love with his own childhood. That will make him very unhappy.