Aubrey Peeples Quotes

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

I know I've said, 'Do you know what I mean?' an awful lot, and every time I've said it, I've cringed inside.

Looking at my life, it's very clear to me, I lived so selfishly.

God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.

I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that.

It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?

Spend more time in daily reflection, contemplation and meditation. Had I done that at 20, things would have been very different in my life. But things really were as they needed to be, because I had to learn ... how important it was.

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

Revisit your past only to recognize how far you have come.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

I am pretty sick with myself! It seemed a pretty good idea at the time. Around the time I turned 30, I started to feel very creative, more creative than I had been before which is good and I like that.

Speaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it.

I still have a lot of room for improvement.

Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.

It's always nice to look in the mirror at the end of the day and see that you helped somebody's life... even if only a little bit.

May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

We teach what we need to learn.

It takes time to understand yourself, to go inside yourself and to question yourself and really take yourself to task. That's self-expression.

Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.

My natural tendency is to complicate everything--and then to spray words and ideas onto everything afterwards. I've had to develop the habit of keeping things simple.