Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I wish that people had an opportunity to watch me 24/7, like on 'Big Brother.' You'd see a person who is quiet and reserved and very analytical - a huge observer.

I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.

I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.

I'm an introspective dude.

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

As a person... I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical.

I'm kind of psychotic and I like to talk about things. I'm a Virgo, too, so I like to analyze and overprocess.

I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.

I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it.

I don't know if it's because of the way we grew up - we just don't like talking about ourselves or talking about what we're doing... It's not really our approach.

The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different.

I've always known why I do what I do. I didn't need to be psychoanalysed to find that out.

I question everything I do.

I think that when I got to a certain age, it was important to me to sort of analyze my relationship with myself and my past.

I don't look into myself too much. I don't think I'm shy so much as a better listener than I am a speaker. I just really don't wish for attention.

There isn't really a whole lot to know about me.

I am always analysing myself; I am always critical of myself and always trying to improve.

I'm a very introspective individual.

I can get very quiet and internalize things.

Talking about myself is difficult for me. It's anti my true nature.

I was very introverted. I am still an introvert.

I always see what I did wrong, what I could do better.

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

There is nothing so depressing as a constant contemplation of one's self, and the greatest moral cowardice in the world's opinion comes from consulting one's own personal convenience.

It is curious how an age of public self-revelation, and of the use of psychological jargon, should also be an age when self-examination is rarely practised.