Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.
I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled with their existence.
Wisdom can only come through honest introspection.
Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.
To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer.
One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.
Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.
I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.
Buddhism doesn't really have much time for political mass-movements. We are so trained to think of politics in terms of acting collectively, acting as part of mass-movements, that it's become hard for us to imagine a form of politics that is based on a high degree of introspection and self-examination.
Out of love you can speak with straight fury.
The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"
All attention is introspection.
Introspection is always retrospection
The inertia of the mind urges it to slide down the easy slope of imagination, rather than to climb the steep slope of introspection.
When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care.
Happiness can never hope to command so much interest as distress.
Introspection is a devouring monster.
Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair than those who do not court the creative muses.
There are always differences when you adapt a novel to a film. A novel is longer so you're automatically cutting out elements and introspection but this is actually a film that stays very close to the novel.