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“In reality you felt at the same time that he could not be friends, nor be really intimate with anyone, and that he could not be so, not because in general he was independent of other people, but because his whole being was for a time turned inwards upon himself.”
Ivan Turgenev
Isolation
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Introspection
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Friendship
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Emotion
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Solitude
2.
“We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been.”
Charles Lamb
Existence
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Dreams
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Regret
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Reality
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Introspection
3.
“By myself walking, To myself talking.”
Charles Lamb
Solitude
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Introspection
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Reflection
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Thoughts
,
Self
4.
“I don’t trust my inner feelings, inner feelings come and go.”
Leonard Cohen
Doubt
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Emotions
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Uncertainty
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Change
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Introspection
5.
“Refine your longing here, in the small silver music of her preparations, under the low-built shelter of repentance.”
Leonard Cohen
Longing
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Repentance
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Love
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Devotion
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Introspection
6.
“When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.”
Leonard Cohen
Self-awareness
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Peace
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Mindfulness
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Ego
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Introspection
7.
“I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept thinking it would be a good thing if I could tear my heart out of my breast, that heart which had grown so weary of life.”
Anton Chekhov
Discontent
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Despair
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Weariness
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Introspection
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Melancholy
8.
“Forgiven? No. I am a bad, low woman; I despise myself and don’t attempt to justify myself. It’s not my husband but myself I have deceived. And not only just now; I have been deceiving myself for a long time.”
Anton Chekhov
Guilt
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Self-Deception
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Regret
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Morality
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Introspection
9.
“Meditation is a journey to know yourself. Knowing yourself has many layers. Start knowing your bodily discomforts. Know your success, know your failures. Know your fears. Know your irritations. Know your pleasures, joy and happiness. Know your mental wounds. Go deeper and examine every feeling you have.”
Amit Ray
Meditation
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Self-knowledge
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Journey
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Introspection
,
Awareness
10.
“Shame I do feel. And I know there is something all wrong about me – believe me. Sometimes I shock myself.”
Sophocles
Shame
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Self-awareness
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Guilt
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Introspection
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Emotion
11.
“If you are really interested in knowing life in all its depth and dimension, it is imperative that you look inward, not out.”
Sadhguru
Introspection
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Life
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Depth
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Self-awareness
,
Wisdom
12.
“I have had a delightfully lonely time of it – plenty of leisure to think and think about things.”
Henrik Ibsen
Solitude
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Reflection
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Thought
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Introspection
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Philosophy
13.
“Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-correction.”
Norman Vincent Peale
Self-awareness
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Personal Growth
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Wisdom
,
Introspection
,
Self-improvement
14.
“Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Introspection
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Silence
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Mind
,
Life Force
,
Divinity
15.
“Through love and sincerity continuously beautify your inner life in every way, by daily looking into the mirror of introspection.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Self-Improvement
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Introspection
,
Inner Peace
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Spiritual Growth
,
Self-Reflection
16.
“Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of distress in your life and thinking about how to avoid that distress.”
Epictetus
Reflection
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Self-Awareness
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Mindset
,
Growth
,
Introspection
17.
“As long as you honour material things, direct your anger at yourself rather than the thief or adulterer.”
Epictetus
Materialism
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Anger
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Values
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Introspection
,
Misplaced Blame
18.
“We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general.”
Abraham Maslow
Knowledge
,
Self
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Understanding
,
Human Nature
,
Introspection
19.
“One cannot choose wisely for a life unless he dares to listen to himself, his own self, at each moment of his life.”
Abraham Maslow
Choice
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Wisdom
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Introspection
,
Personal Authenticity
,
Self Awareness
20.
“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”
Gloria Steinem
Relationships
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Self-improvement
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Love
,
Personal Growth
,
Introspection
21.
“I'm not a good observer. I'm not proud of it.”
Richard Dawkins
Self-awareness
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Observation
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Humility
,
Personality
,
Introspection
22.
“Maybe if she had known some other way to try, she might have made his face different. But what the other way could be, she had no idea.”
Zora Neale Hurston
Relationships
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Change
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Limitation
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Knowledge
,
Introspection
23.
“We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Self-knowledge
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Social Validation
,
Introspection
,
Human Nature
,
Personal Identity
24.
“Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.”
John Locke
Awareness
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Understanding
,
Perception
,
Introspection
,
Knowledge
25.
“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.”
Blaise Pascal
Distraction
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Misery
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Consolation
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Peace
,
Introspection
26.
“All mankind’s troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.”
Blaise Pascal
Peace
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Introspection
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Nature
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Tranquility
,
Society
27.
“Resolution is our inherent character, and courage hath never yet forsaken us. Wherefore, what is it that we want? Why is it that we hesitate?”
Thomas Paine
Resolution
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Courage
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Character
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Introspection
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Motivation
28.
“When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil’s leavings.”
Jonathan Swift
Virtue
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Age
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Sacrifice
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Morality
,
Introspection
29.
“Go quietly alone, no harm will befall you.”
John Muir
Solitude
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Safety
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Nature
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Introspection
,
Peace
30.
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
John Muir
Walking
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Discovery
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Introspection
,
Nature
,
Personal Journey
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