The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life.
You're not listening to the Zen master, what he is saying outwardly, but even more importantly...what he is saying inwardly.
Character is just what we inwardly are and outwardly do.
Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes.
He was outwardly calm but inwardly bleeding to death.
Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly.
My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.
As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that.
The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich.
Many times we ask people to march outwardly, when we haven't yet spent the needed time inwardly.
For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion.
With relish, Thomas More thus sketches Richard's character: He was close and secret, a deep dissembler, lowly of countenance, arrogant of heart, outwardly companionable where he inwardly hated, not hesitating to kiss whom he thought to kill.
I believe the things I love inwardly will be received by the right people outwardly. I believe that what I believe in will be received well. I try to keep that as a foundation to what I do.
Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it.
What does this world need: gifted men and women, outwardly empowered? Or individuals who are broken, inwardly transformed?
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.