There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
In winter we lead a more inward life. Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts.
It is doubtless a vice to turn one's eyes inward too much, but I am my own comedy and tragedy.
Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.
I would suggest that the next generation stop looking for happiness outside of themselves but instead turn inward.
People have an overbearing need to project their inward doubt and hatred and emotions onto the outside world.
A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him.
The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses
are still truly adjusted to each other.
The lightsome countenance of a friend giveth such an inward decking to the house where it lodgeth, as proudest palaces have cause to envy the gilding.
People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.
To look for a job before looking deeply inward is likely to short-circuit the process of finding your calling.
When a profession is protected by academic freedom and tenure, it tends to turn inward. To a large extent that's good.
One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it.
Princes have but their titles for their glories,
An outward honor for an inward toil;
And, for unfelt imaginations,
They often feel a world of restless cares.
In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.
Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort.
Most women have not even been able to touch this anger, except to drive it inward like a rusted nail.
The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.
Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.
Find the courage and the strength to turn inward and to ask a simple, soaring question.
What would LOVE do NOW?
The inward sighs of humble penitence
Rise to the ear of Heaven, when peal'd hymns
Are scatter'd with the sounds of common air.
The most prosaic of us betray a belief in the inward life every time we talk about 'my body' rather than 'I.
Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow.
I believed that by a process of what I can only describe as inward dilation of the eyes I could increase my actual vision.
That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.
Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.
If you're trying to connect to people with music - it's more of an outward process and a lot of times musicians can be very inward.
A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.
I see men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.
It is labor alone that is productive: it creates wealth and therewith lays the outward foundations for the inward flowering of man.
Great are the symbols of Being, But that which is symboled is greater;
Vast the create and beheld, But vaster the Inward Creator.
Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.
Things have changed. Now it's not the outward appearance, it's the inward man that I'm trying to change. And that's the message I bring to the people.
Shakespeare was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of the books to read nature; he looked inward, and found her there.
Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.
Since 2005, I have been on a steadfast journey inward as a self-proclaimed Spirit Junkie. And I've never looked back.
The very first discovery of beauty strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.
Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of inward humiliation.
Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.
When your institution is under assault, you're feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don't turn inward, go outward.
Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit.
O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd?
The practice of being at ease also gives you the strength and stamina to pursue all that you find when you connect inward.
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
Golf is a worrier's game, inward, concentrated, a matter of inches, invented by the same people who gave us Presbyterianism.
Allow regular time for silent reflection. Turn inward and digest what has happened. Let the senses rest and grow still.
For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude
Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy.
When inward tenderness finds the secret hurt, pain itself will crack the rock and Ah! Let the soul emerge.
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.
Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.
His high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright.
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
The sight of one's own heart is degrading; people are not meant to look inward - that's why they've been given bodies, to hide their souls.
The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
An inward sincerity will of course influence the outward deportment; but where the one is wanting, there is great reason to suspect the absence of the other.
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