Inward Quotes - Page 8

When I speak of religion I mean a constant inward sense of communion with God.

The lightsome countenance of a friend giveth such an inward decking to the house where it lodgeth, as proudest palaces have cause to envy the gilding.

Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul.

I wondered how I looked to her, in that place, and knew that even in a place that was nothing but knowledge that was the one thing I could not know. That if I look inward I would see only infinite mirrors staring into myself for eternity.

To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward.

There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance

The world always looks straights ahead; as for me, I turn my gaze inward, I fix it there and keep it busy. Everyone looks in front of him: as for me, I look inside me: I have no business but with myself; I continually observe myself, I take stock of myself, I taste myself. Others...they always go forward; as for me, I roll about in myself.

I turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself.

Every government program needs to be more efficient. Instead of pointing out how other programs can tighten their belts, every program administrator must look inward to save money.

The gift turned inward, unable to be given, becomes a heavy burden, even sometimes a kind of poison. It is as though the flow of life were backed up.

It is not in the outward and visible world of material life that the Celtic genius of Wales or Ireland can at this day hope to count for much; it is in the inward world of thought and science.What it has been, what is has done, what it will be or will do, as a matter of modern politics.

When a profession is protected by academic freedom and tenure, it tends to turn inward. To a large extent that's good.

Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in thy soul inward contention nor external effusion, nor in life be so busy as to have no leisure.

Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion.

A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.

...Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down.

They flower spontaneously out of the demands of our natures - and the best of them lead us not only outward in space, but inward as well.

Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward.

Attitude is an inward thought that wiggles its way out.

When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and uneasiness, guilt and a compulsion to get something--anything--before it is all gone.

Mysterious spaces cause us to turn inward. Amid a rich upwelling of association, we encounter many aspects of ourselves. As we grow still, we come in contact with a unified, empty, yet full ground of our being. As our consciousness grows more spacious, we find connections between us and the wider world, a shared greater reality.

Nothing is more difficult to accomplish than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings.

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

When you’re hurting deeply, you go inward.

The most prosaic of us betray a belief in the inward life every time we talk about 'my body' rather than 'I.