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Notable quotes

“Those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.”
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. 170–180), 2.8.
“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.”
— Philip K. Dick, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, p. 187.
“I can find Greece and Palestine and Italy and England and the Islands, the genius and creative principle of each and of all eras, in my own mind.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, April 1, 1839, Volume 5, p. 184.
“The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.”
— William Godwin in: Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries (1831), ReadHowYouWant.com, 28 November 2007, p. 385.
“I can't as yet "know myself," as the inscription at Delphi enjoins, and so long as that ignorance remains it seems to me ridiculous to inquire about extraneous matters.”
— Plato, Phaedrus (C. 370 BCE), 229d
“When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridiculous; and I see somebody who is frightened of being found out and thought lightweight.”
— Robert Winston in "What I see in the mirror: Robert Winston", The Guardian (13 April 2012).

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