Quotes about Self-reflection
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
- St. John Chrysostom
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
- Teresa of Avila
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God
- Thomas Merton
If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Dale Carnegie
We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
- William Hazlitt
Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.
- William Golding
Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.
- William Hazlitt
No poor creature stands in need of divine grace more than I, and none abuse it more than I have done, and still do.
- David Brainerd
He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.
- BB Warfield
When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.
- John Newton
God can't fill you when you are already full of yourself.
- Max Lucado
For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.
- Mother Teresa