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Showing posts with label Introspection Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Introspection Quotes. Show all posts
Whate'er th' Almighty's subseq...
Whate'er th' Almighty's subsequent command, His first command is this - ""Man, love thyself.""
The mind can weave itself warm...
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
The man whose whole activity i...
The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. If he loves, it is not to give himself, to blend in fecund union with another being, but to meditate on his love. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.
The love of liberty is the lov...
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Since love grows within you, s...
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
Self-revelation is a cruel pro...
Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real ''you'' never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.
Relish love in your old age! A...
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!
Perhaps the feelings that we e...
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
One receives as reward for muc...
One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it --those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself: he will never get to drink the strongest refreshing draught from his own innermost fountain.
One receives as reward for muc...
One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it --those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself: he will never get to drink the strongest refreshing draught from his own innermost fountain.
Never pretend to a love which ...
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Love yourself first and everyt...
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
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