The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.
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Shannon L. Alder
Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured... Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.
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Susan Cain
Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.
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Criss Jami
There's a difference between preferring books to parties and preferring sixteen cats to seeing the light of day.
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Lauren Morrill
He was always seeking for a meaning in life, and here it seemed to him that a meaning was offered; but it was obscure and vague . He saw what looked like the truth as by flashes of lightening on a dark, stormy night you...
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W. Somerset Maugham
More Quotes By Susan Cain
Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured... Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.
What's so magical about solitude? In many fields, Ericsson told me, it's only when you're alone that you can engage in Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are...
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 to know their own strengths.4. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Sometimes it helps to...
So the next time you see a person with a compose face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.
The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings.
