425 Quotes About Introspection

So he explored, explored within himself, scanning himself with a lamp, as if it were not himself at all but some strange monster that he had been commanded to guard.

No longer did I want to explain, for I could see myself in the moment, exactly as she was seeing me, as all of them were seeing me.

When no one is to blame, everyone is to blame

Incredible or terrible you decide, but a man is only strong when he knows his weakness. The element of uncertainty makes your strength crumble.

We never know when we’re living through the good times. It’s only when everything turns to ashes and crap we realize how fortunate we really were.

Nostalgia has selective memory; it softens the heart and strips the details to leave you with what should have been instead of what was.

The silence outside was reflected by a growing silence within. Any interior monologue quietened to a whisper, then faded away entirely.

I certainly learned to be at ease with myself in the years I spent at Penlan, but it was not by knowing myself better – it was by forgetting I was there. I had become a part of the landscape, a stone.

Know thyself