Introversion Quotes
Introversion Quote of the day
During relaxation we drop our guard. Particularly in conversation. Relaxed conversation leads to openness. And in openness we often reveal what should never be revealed.
The juvenile delinquent does not feel his disturbed personality. The intelligent man does not feel his intelligence or the introvert his introversion.
It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.
Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.
In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.
Solve problems, make art, think deeply.
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.
Introversion - along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness - is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.
We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand.
The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.
We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and happiness.
It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to make it a punishment, a jail sentence.
For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine it. It would perhaps increase my acquaintance, the thing which I chiefly study to decline.
Yet today we make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles. We’re told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable.
There is a certain delightful sort of hope which the introvert can receive only by having company over...the hope that they will leave soon.
The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.
As an introvert, you crave intimate moments and deep connections--and those usually aren't found in a crowd.
Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.
One of the ways I know I shouldn't be online is when I'm looking to get something that I already have in abundance as a child of God.
My Solitude is my Treasure, the best thing I have. I hesitate to go out. If you opened the little gate, I would not hop away—but oh how I sing in my gold cage.
To develop understanding and compassion for who we are as introverts, we must be able to explore who we are, what makes us happy, what makes us unhappy, and what oursubsequent needs are.
We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally.
There are two distinct groups of people in the world: the ones who tell stories, and those who pay attention.
I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry quietude over it. I was alone but not lonely. I was a queen in halls of fancy.
A philosophy that cannot be lived is no philosophy at all.
There's nothing more exciting than ideas.
Only a few have learned to savor the significance of solitude. Those who can glory in being alone on occasion are the saint or poet or explorer.
How difficult it is to find solitude in a world that constantly demands your attention.
If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from "peer pressure".
Potential was a red herring to plot a life of wandering curiosity.
People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.
Although she was gregarious, she inadvertently separated herself from people because she was so often inside her own head, focusing on her creativity.
the idea of being invisibly alone in a crowd of strangers is so tempting for a number of introverts...or maybe for loneliness?
In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring...
When we take into consideration the needs of both ourselves and others, we communicate honestly, compassionately and effectively.
Many preachers are at home among books but quite at sea among men.