introversion

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
80d3f3a	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 making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. Read. Cook. Run. Write a story. Make a deal with yourself that you'll attend a set number of social events in exchange for not feeling guilty when you beg off.	extrovert introversion introvert	Susan Cain
6b45a4a	It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.	sensitivities introversion	Susan Cain
f1e2d61	A Manifesto for Introverts 1. 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. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later. 5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters. 6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards. 7. It's OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk. 8. 'Quiet leadership' is not an oxymoron. 9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. 10. 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world.' -Mahatma Gandhi	personality quietness personality-types introversion introverts introverts-susan-cain-quote quiet	Susan Cain
7108f11	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 musty old cheese that we are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and at the fireside every night; we live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.	solitude philosophy walden social thoreau introversion introvert	Henry David Thoreau
e978c0d	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 institutions seems far more vulnerable than we think.	extraversion introversion democracy	Susan Cain
1225061	the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation	hibernation reclusion introversion	Marcel Proust
ca53fcd	... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The jacket shifted. Geryon peered out.	privacy introversion	Anne Carson
6e79578	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.	inspiration introversion	Susan Cain
bd8c583	"If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from "peer pressure"." --	individuality freedom extroverts teamwork introversion introverts introvert	Susan Cain
3667543	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.	solitude pretty-prose romanticism quietness introversion quiet	L.M. Montgomery
cd4f597	There's nothing more exciting than ideas.	fun introversion introvert ideas	Susan Cain
b8a1f82	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 decision, and the prompt seizure of opportunities - and that all this activity was not propitious for deliberation, elaboration, or precision in thought.	introversion	Richard Hofstadter
2da4531	Any human companionship, even the dearest and most perfect, would have been alien to her then. She was sufficient unto herself, needing not love nor comradeship nor any human emotion to round out her felicity. Such moments come rarely in any life, but when they do come they are inexpressibly wonderful - as if the finite were for a second infinity - as if humanity were for a space uplifted into divinity - as if all ugliness had vanished, leaving only flawless beauty.	solitude introversion quiet	L.M. Montgomery
75579eb	Although she was gregarious, she inadvertently separated herself from people because she was so often inside her own head, focusing on her creativity.	introversion	Alexandra Robbins
04cc68b	Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith.	solitude library literature reading books bookish irvine-welsh skagboys zenith heroine reading-books read introversion introvert reader	Irvine Welsh
57d500a	A philosophy that cannot be lived is no philosophy at all.	introversion	Philip Zaleski
dd4ba2b	Some animals carry their shelter wherever they go. Some humans are just the same.	introversion	Susan Cain
0d896f6	Solve problems, make art, think deeply.	life life-philosophy introversion make-art solve-problems think-deeply thinking	Susan Cain
dc79d03	"Uzaemon is no longer surprised by Shuzai's perspicacity. "I don't know if I have the right to involve you." "To a believer in Fate," replies Shuzai, "it's not you who is involving me."	extrovert introversion introvert	David Mitchell
f267906	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 Angeles Athletic Club and on the following day he turned up for work at the Essanay Studios in Niles, California. Of course, everyone at Keystone knew about his imminent departure, but he could not bring himself to make a speech or shake hands. He just left. Sennett said later that 'as for Charles Spencer Chaplin, I am not at all sure that we know him'. He had never really been part of the team; he would never become a member of any group.	personality groups introversion	Peter Ackroyd
85106a9	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 really necessary for us to make these noises?	solitude talking introversion	Graham Hancock

80d3f3a

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 making aimless chitchat with random acquaintances. Read. Cook. Run. Write a story. Make a deal with yourself that you'll attend a set number of social events in exchange for not feeling guilty when you beg off.

extrovert introversion introvert

Susan Cain

6b45a4a

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.

sensitivities introversion

Susan Cain

f1e2d61

A Manifesto for Introverts 1. 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. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later. 5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters. 6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards. 7. It's OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk. 8. 'Quiet leadership' is not an oxymoron. 9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. 10. 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world.' -Mahatma Gandhi

personality quietness personality-types introversion introverts introverts-susan-cain-quote quiet

Susan Cain

7108f11

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 musty old cheese that we are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and at the fireside every night; we live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.

solitude philosophy walden social thoreau introversion introvert

Henry David Thoreau

e978c0d

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 institutions seems far more vulnerable than we think.

extraversion introversion democracy

Susan Cain

1225061

the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation

hibernation reclusion introversion

Marcel Proust

ca53fcd

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The jacket shifted. Geryon peered out.

privacy introversion

Anne Carson

6e79578

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.

inspiration introversion

Susan Cain

bd8c583

"If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from "peer pressure"." --

individuality freedom extroverts teamwork introversion introverts introvert

Susan Cain

3667543

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.

solitude pretty-prose romanticism quietness introversion quiet

L.M. Montgomery

cd4f597

There's nothing more exciting than ideas.

fun introversion introvert ideas

Susan Cain

b8a1f82

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 decision, and the prompt seizure of opportunities - and that all this activity was not propitious for deliberation, elaboration, or precision in thought.

introversion

Richard Hofstadter

2da4531

Any human companionship, even the dearest and most perfect, would have been alien to her then. She was sufficient unto herself, needing not love nor comradeship nor any human emotion to round out her felicity. Such moments come rarely in any life, but when they do come they are inexpressibly wonderful - as if the finite were for a second infinity - as if humanity were for a space uplifted into divinity - as if all ugliness had vanished, leaving only flawless beauty.

solitude introversion quiet

L.M. Montgomery

75579eb

Although she was gregarious, she inadvertently separated herself from people because she was so often inside her own head, focusing on her creativity.

introversion

Alexandra Robbins

04cc68b

Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith.

solitude library literature reading books bookish irvine-welsh skagboys zenith heroine reading-books read introversion introvert reader

Irvine Welsh

57d500a

A philosophy that cannot be lived is no philosophy at all.

introversion

Philip Zaleski

dd4ba2b

Some animals carry their shelter wherever they go. Some humans are just the same.

introversion

Susan Cain

0d896f6

Solve problems, make art, think deeply.

life life-philosophy introversion make-art solve-problems think-deeply thinking

Susan Cain

dc79d03

"Uzaemon is no longer surprised by Shuzai's perspicacity. "I don't know if I have the right to involve you." "To a believer in Fate," replies Shuzai, "it's not you who is involving me."

extrovert introversion introvert

David Mitchell

f267906

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 Angeles Athletic Club and on the following day he turned up for work at the Essanay Studios in Niles, California. Of course, everyone at Keystone knew about his imminent departure, but he could not bring himself to make a speech or shake hands. He just left. Sennett said later that 'as for Charles Spencer Chaplin, I am not at all sure that we know him'. He had never really been part of the team; he would never become a member of any group.

personality groups introversion

Peter Ackroyd

85106a9

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 really necessary for us to make these noises?

solitude talking introversion

Graham Hancock