Quotes about Introspection
Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were tinged with the colour and complexion of thought.
— Marcus Aurelius
Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
— Marcus Aurelius
Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
— Marcus Aurelius
Either you're going to be depressed when your wish is not realized or foolishly pleased with yourself if it is, overjoyed for the wrong reasons.
— Marcus Aurelius
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
— Marcus Aurelius
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.
— Marcus Aurelius
Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.
— Marcus Aurelius
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.
— Marcus Aurelius
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
— Cicero
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
— Cicero
I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart.
— Margaret Atwood
I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart.
— Margaret Atwood