Rollo May
Psychologist, Author
"Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all."
Introspection quotes
Introspection
17 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Plotinus
Philosopher
"Withdraw into yourself and look."
Carl Sandburg
Poet, Biographer
"Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?"
Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
"Introspection is a devouring monster."
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher, Writer
"Introspection is always retrospection"
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"Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it."
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"How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action."
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