Self Reflection Quotes

“The mirror tosses back a version of me as if it has been whirled through a cosmic blender, morphing into shapes that don't quite stick. It's not only a reflection staring back but a whole gallery of emotions, imprisoned into a perpetual loop —hope flickers, despair looms, joy bursts, and pain shadows. They all merge into faces I swear I've known and echoes of a past I carry, recklessly pieced together in a spectacle of what it means to be achingly, beautifully human.”
― Aura Biru, We Are Everyone

“We preach authenticity as the ideal, yet often reward conformity. The world spins on the axis of 'just be yourself,' while whispering 'but not like that.”
― Aura Biru

“I cherish you deeply, which is why I feel compelled to reveal even the darkest corners of myself to you, while simultaneously striving to present the brightest aspects of who I am. In this bond of love, I find the courage to be vulnerable, trusting that you will accept me in my entirety and nurture the best parts of me.”
― Rolf van der Wind

“I think I’m the one who has changed: that’s the simplest solution. Also the most unpleasant. But I must finally realize that I am subject to these sudden transformations.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

“How can I, who have not the strength to hold my own past, hope to save the past of someone else?”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

“They remind me that no one saved me and no one will ever have to save me again.
I will save myself.”
― Penelope Przekop, Please Love Me

“i was like an empty cup, and now i had to look at what had spilled out of me: all my delusional beliefs about my own value and my pretensions to being a kind of person i wasn't. while i was full of these things i couldn't see them. now that i was nothing, only an empty glass, i could see everything about myself.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“There: I am quietly slipping into the water’s depths, towards fear.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

“The road to the unthinkable is not paved by slight departures from your heart, but by tentative forays into it.”
― Steven James, The Bishop

“It is the 'ideologies' that drive us to extreme limits, not the commodities.”
― Shaikh Mahmud bin Ilyas

“It’s a new year but you don’t feel like a new you
Maybe instead you’re ruminating on your lows
And beating yourself up for how far you still must go
It’s easy to despair when we measure and compare
But it’s an illusion
It’s trivial, a distraction and meaningless fluff
For who you are now is more than enough
So, instead of thinking about how far you must run
Focus in on how far you have come.”
― Brittany Burgunder

“NOTE TO SELF:
Inner Peace
Is More
Important Than
Outer Frustrations”
― Allan Rufus - Daily Life Adjustments

“It's only words and words are all I've.

In my quiet moments of reflection, I've come to grasp a fundamental truth about myself: "Words are all I have."
This realization runs deep, emphasizing the significance of my composing journey. It's an acknowledgment that the very make-up of my being, from expressing joy to navigating sorrow, relies on the art of words. Through them, I shape my thoughts, unveil my emotions, and construct the narrative of my life.
In this self-awareness, I find both the strength and vulnerability that accompany the words I choose to wield. They become the bridge between my inner world and the external reality, giving meaning to my experiences and connecting me with others on a profound level.
This phrase encapsulates the essence of my personal journey—a recognition of the weight and wonder held within the words that accompany me through every epoch of my life.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“Your value isn’t contingent upon the number of admirers you may attract; rather, it is inherent to your being, a reflection of who you are and the inherent preciousness you possess.”
― Neda Aria, Bella Donna

“Mengapa selama ini aku sibuk menghitung apa yang tidak aku punya, jika sebenarnya yang kubutuhkan adalah cukup, bukan banyak? Mengapa selama ini aku sibuk memedulikan apa yang tidak aku miliki, padahal yang kumiliki sekarang tidak ada yang salah?”
― Altami N.D., Penaka

“As I finally give in to my startling beauty, I attempt to fully grasp the meaning of God, His creation, and vision. I hope that understanding it might hold me steady. But after what seems long enough, I accept the utter, perfect uselessness.

I don't need to understand; at least not yet.”
― Penelope Przekop, Dust

“If you think that your faults are slight, imagine someone else looking at them and think what he would say about them. Then you will feel shame and will know the measure of your faults, if you have the slightest discernment.”
― Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Hazm

“A man who is a miser with his knowledge is worse than a man who is a miser with his money, for the latter is afraid of using up what he possesses but the former is being mean with something which does not get used up and is not lost when it is given away”
― Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Hazm

“Everything comes from within rather from without.”
― Penelope Przekop, Dust

“Menstruation, making love, that had to come, but getting married? Everything that I've just experienced seems like all those things that are neither deliberately willed nor firmly rejected, and are therefore bathed in a romantic glow. One of those days, I know, that reveal their significance only with time.”
― Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

“Whenever you’re about to find fault with someone, hit pause and ask yourself: What flaw of mine is the evil twin of the one I’m about to criticize? It’s like holding up a mirror before pointing a finger. We can turn those fingers into peace signs & high-fives, fostering empathy. This little trick can turn your inner critic into a sage, swapping judgment for a bit of humility & understanding. So, next time, think twice and see if you’re about to roast your own twin flaw.”
― Life is Positive

“Every transition is an opportunity to purge and rethink - to begin something magnificent, to anticipate a miracle.”
― Shaikh Mahmud bin Ilyas

“I was that servant girl again, so distant now that her return struck me with despondence and torn familiarity.”
― Kailey Bright, Unity

“Pause, reflect, respond.”
― D. Dhyani (Author of "The Unstuck" series)")

“Sometimes, we need to step away from technology to reconnect with yourself.”
― D. Dhyani (Author of "The Unstuck" series)")

“I have no other real pleasure besides the analysis of my pain, nor any other sensual delight besides the morbid dribbling of sensations when they crumble and rot....”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“It doesn’t make sense until you make sense of it.”
― Dominic Riccitello

“They'll probably say I'm crazy or even mad, and maybe they're right—I should have kept my distance. There were so many things I wanted to say, truths I wanted to share, but I knew they would only cause pain. So instead, I buried those thoughts deep inside and let the pain consume me. No matter how much I tried to explain, it wouldn't have made a difference. I couldn't even understand the turmoil within myself, so how could I possibly make them understand? As time passes, I find myself growing weaker, but with that weakness comes a strange relief. The less I remember, the less I can be hurt. The fading memories bring a certain numbness, and with it, the suffering begins to fade too.”
― Rolf van der Wind

“Searching for a fruitful tree is better than sitting in a fruitless garden.”
― Shaikh Mahmud bin Ilyas

“I used to be frightened of wounds, but those scars made me who I am.”
― Sahu Hameed