Quotes for
the Journey:

Introspection



Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens.

Carl Jung

   reflection

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
   

We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world--introspection.  We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably--that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbours is to know ourselves.       -Walter Lippman

   
Study yourself. Find your strong points and make them stronger as well as your weak ones and strengthen them. Study yourself carefully and you will see yourself as you really are.        -Theron Q. Dumont
   

The philosophies of the wisest people that ever existed are mainly derived from the act of introspection.        -William Godwin

   

When you make the decision to look at. . . your own life and the way you think about it, you do something courageous.  You dare to be  yourself.  It may be terrifying to search inward, particularly when it's so easy to look over someone else's shoulder.  After all, when you peer inside, it's hard to know if you've made the correct choice.  What if the answers are wrong?  What if you don't know enough?  But even if someone else's answers are right, they may not be right for you.  Making the distinction may not always be easy, but once you see the benefits, you'll develop more faith in what's inside your own heart.       -Leslie Levine

   
The philosophy of the wisest person  that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.       -William Godwin

Anybody desirous of success should spend some time in introspection and contemplation.        -Sam Veda

     

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

    

Introspection enables one to be free from the influence of negativity.  Introspection means the desire to be good. Introspection brings the ability to look within and see the true self in the mirror of the heart, thus enabling one to activate the inner spirituality.  Then all effort made will be towards activating this inherent goodness.  And slowly one finds that the behaviour associated with negative traits are no more expressed, as they begin to lose their hold.  When I am able to introspect and look within, I can find the goodness that is there within me.  Because of this, I naturally am free from expectations from others that they should recognise my goodness or consider me good.  Instead I find myself content with what I am and continue to bring out the best from within me.  I continue to learn from all situations and experience progress.       -Brahma Kumaris

   

Only by much searching and mining, are gold and diamonds obtained, and people can find every truth connected with their beings, if they will dig deep into the mine of their souls; and that they are the makers of their character, the molders of their lives, and the builders of their own destinies, they may unerringly prove, if they will watch, control, and alter their thoughts, tracing their effects upon themselves, upon others, and upon their lives and circumstances, linking cause and effect by patient practice and investigation, and utilizing their every experience, even to the most trivial, everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that knowledge of themselves which is Understanding, Wisdom, Power.        -James Allen

   
   

    

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