Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.
There is something quite wonderful about sharing a secret.
(n.) The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.
You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house.
Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith.
If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from peer pressure.
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.
How difficult it is to find solitude in a world that constantly demands your attention.
Chaplin left the Keystone studios on a Saturday night in December after cutting his last film, without bidding farewell to any of his erstwhile colleagues; he spent Sunday in his room at the Los Angel...
Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway...
Solve problems, make art, think deeply.
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 Manifesto for Introverts1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers.2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised...
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve if that's what makes you happy. Skip the committee meeting. Cross the street to avoid makin...
Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that...
I observe out of the corner of my eye that the man with the notebook is walking towards me and obviously intends to introduce himself. Why do human beings have to , I find myself wondering. Is it real...
Tocqueville saw that the life of constant action and decision which was entailed by the democratic and businesslike character of American life put a premium upon rough and ready habits of mind, quick...
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.
There's nothing more exciting than ideas.
A philosophy that cannot be lived is no philosophy at all.
But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and unconscious feelings of rejection, then the health of these institu...