We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the whole time. Your treasure--your perfection--is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the buy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart.
Elizabeth GilbertTags: introspection self-awareness
I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
Erica JongTags: writing introspection navelgazing
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
Aldous HuxleyTags: solitude introspection
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
William S. BurroughsTags: remaining-silent silence reticence introspection loquacity
You can't lie to your soul.
Irvine WelshTags: honesty introspection
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 DíazTags: introspection escape
What is reading but silent conversation.
Walter Savage LandorTags: reading books introspection
Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.
Rollo MayTags: solitude introspection
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
ConfuciusTags: inspirational introspection self-improvement karma helpful
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."
[The Minotaur]
Tags: solitude introspection retreat
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