T. S. Eliot Quotes

To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world.

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.

Spirituality is not about looking up or down - it's about looking inward.

I want people to find their inner depth.

Opening to oneself fully is opening to the world.

Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.

Think... of the world you carry within you, and call this thinking whatever you want to: a remembering of your own childhood or a yearning toward a future of your own - only be attentive to what is arising within you, and place that above everything you perceive around you. What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love; somehow you must find a way to work at it.

One of the goals of a spiritual practice is self-awareness, and one of the best tools of self-awareness is simple emotional vulnerability.

The soul inside me is the last foreign language I'm learning.

From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world.

I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.

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.

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

It's good to explore your darkness.

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

I believe in nurturing the inner world.

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

I love just being in the sphere of nothingness looking inwards.

It's very important for people to know what gives them meaning. But it's hard for people to figure out if you're not connecting with yourself and taking the time to just be introspective and daydream.

He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.

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

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

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

You don't throw your life away Going Inside You get to know who's watching you And besides you resides in your body

Life is a constant challenge to know oneself.