Quotes about Self-reflection
But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself.
- Marcus Aurelius
Believers must persevere in prayer that they may see clearly their own pitiful state and understand the indwelling, working, and demands of the Holy Spirit.
- Watchman Nee
How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads and pray "Lord show me where I'm wrong"?
- Anonymous
But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.
- Joshua Harris
One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.
- Stephen Covey
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
- Marcus Aurelius
Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.
- John Milton
Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
- Epictetus
Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.
- Elie Wiesel
Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself.
- Elie Wiesel
Dawn is purely a work of fiction, but I wrote it to look at myself in a new way. Obviously I did not live this tale, but I was implicated in its ethical dilemma from the moment that I assumed my character's place.
- Elie Wiesel
You see, Doctor, what people say is true: man carries his fiercest enemy within himself. Hell isn't others. It's ourselves.
- Elie Wiesel