Self Reflection Quotes

"We have to be able to sit in silence before we can truly speak" "One of my biggest Achilles' heels has been my ego" "We should every night call ourselves to an account. What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?" "This is no time for playing games. Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us. How soon will time cover all things, and how many it has covered already. What is long-lasting is not necessarily eternal. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval. To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. The universe is transformation: life is opinion. Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too. Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly. Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Remind yourself that what is past is nothing. Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you." "An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience." "Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be" "The sting of a reproach is the truth of it." "What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart!" "A guilty conscience needs to confess." "I have committed the worst sin a man can commit: I have not been happy" "I am alone here in my own mind." "Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself " "I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously." "Think you're escaping and run into yourself. L" "Why do you laugh? Change the name and the story is about you" "Spiritual drought comes from prayerlessness." "I must find a truth that is true for me." "To understand oneself is the greatest challenge." "To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself." "Clean your finger before you point at my spots."