Introverts often assume what's inside is visible on the outside. We don't have to invent or fake the emotion; we just need to allow it to be seen!

Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.

I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.

Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

Quiet is might. Solitude is strength. Introversion is power.

Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you 'too much' in some ways and 'not enough' in others.

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.

With public speaking, practicing congruence is very helpful - allowing the words to be expressed with the face and body. It helps to think of simply "turning up the nonverbal volume."

If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to get to the good stuff, you need to slow down.

What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

we know our end A packet of worm-seed, a garden of spent tissues.

Parody is homage gone sour.

An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.

I don't think anyone is going to Hell, because it only exists in the minds of people who wish ill will on others.

That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

Start moving, a step at a time, step after step. The positive momentum will take you from there.

We don't have to look for what the next thing will be. If experience is any judge, it'll come flowing toward us like a river.