#intro

Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two of being socially “on,” we introverts need to turn off and recharge. My own formula is roughly two hours alone for every hour of socializing. This isn’t antisocial. It isn’t a sign of depression. It does not call for medication. For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. Our motto: “I’m okay, you’re okay—in small doses. ↗

— Jonathan Rauch

#introvert #socialism

You can't lie to your soul. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#introspection #honesty

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent. ↗

— Criss Jami

#assumption #bias #blame #extroversion #extroverts

Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it. ↗

— Eudora Welty

#became #becoming #first #found #i

I fear it is my lot, to bide my days in hunchbacked thought, to find what I forgot. ↗

— Roman Payne

#memory #roman

Just friends, just friends. Standing there in the bookstore, watching Seth walk away, I half wondered how anyone could still use that line. But I knew why, of course. It was used because people still believed it. Or at least they wanted to. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#introspection #relationships #introspection

Judgmental heart has lack of introspection. ↗

— Toba Beta

#judgmental #measurement #sign #subjectivity #introspection

Look within, There is no difference between yourself, Self and Guru. You are always Free. There is no teacher, there is no student, there is no teaching. ↗

— Sri H.W.L. Poonja

#meditation #introspection

Stranger: Do you believe in Jesus, my friend? Foreigner: O yes, I do but who the hell are you? ↗

— Toba Beta

#privacy #introspection

Happiness can never hope to command so much interest as distress. ↗

— Stella Gibbons

#philosphical #introspection