Quentin Crisp Quotes

People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.' Whereas I need to think as much as I can, to feel as much as I can, to be conscious and observe and understand me and the people around me as much as I can.

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else.

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

One of the keys to harnessing this potentially unlimited power of the mind is to expand your level of self-awareness.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

I am still a person with a sense of superficiality that I'm trying to challenge.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.

I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are as individuals in this culture anymore.

The only journey is the one within.

I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.

I'd be lying to you if I said I had not done some soul searching.

There isn't anything except your own life that can be used as ground for your spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is your life, twenty-four hours a day.

If you do not go within, you without

There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.

To successfully open the door to heightened awareness, we must open it inward.

I like to think the world wasn't ready for me, but maybe the truth is that I wasn't ready for the world. I've always arrived too late for my life.

The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.

I like that: a little pressure on the understood boundaries of yourself. Sounded like something out of a self-awareness class, probably with yoga. See what kind of a pretzel you can tie yourself into and press on the understood... I was raving, if only to myself.