Introversion Quotes


Online friends networks and dating sites like the coffeehouse are responding to the needs of introverts. We can write not talk. We can get to the good stuff and we can press delete as needed. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 89
Whatever kind of introvert you are some people will find you too much in some ways and not enough in others. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 87
Recognition is what you feel when a friend sums up exactly what youre feeling when an author gives you the right words when someone gets you. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 87
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness. Criss Jami Introversion 84
For introverts who have limited energy for interaction we need to be more thoughtful and deliberate about whom we meetwhich happily is what we do best. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 79
Because extroversion lines up so well with American values we introverts often deprive ourselves of what we most enjoy and thrive on. So for all of you who draw energy from inside behind underneath or away from it all welcome home. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 72
Beware of extroverts in retreat center clothing Laurie Helgoe Introversion 69
Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 65
I talk with many Shadow Dwellers who are mystified by the fact that chatty workers are rarely reprimanded. Sit and gossip and you are fun close the door if you have one and you are antisocial. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 63
What we share as introverts is the love of ideas and the desire to explore them with minimal interruption. We want and need input but wed rather get it through reading research and rich conversation than through unfiltered talk. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 63
Lets 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. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 63
A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 60
Similarly a Solo Date is an outing with yourself to satisfy some of your introvert cravings. And it is a delicious treat. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 60
Introvert integrity means going the distance for what we love moving from apology to acceptance from acceptance to acknowledgement and from acknowledgment to activism. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 57
Our challenge as introverts is to adopt the attitude based on the introversion assumption that your need to retreat requires no explanationit is selfevident. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 55
We have an assumption here in America that the kind thing to do is to be friendly which means being extroverted even intrusive. The Japanese assume the opposite being kind means holding back. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 52
I am rarely bored alone I am often bored in groups and crowds. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 51
One of the teens I worked with told me about how she loves to take tests because it is quiet and everyone is occupying their own space. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 50
I heard for the first time nothing. I danced and did somersaults lay down in a bed of grass felt the breeze. And for the first time I heard my heart and I knew who I was. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 49
...efforts to make work fun only annoy most of us especially the introvert. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 49
It takes an extrovert to bring out my upbeat side. If it were up to me everyone would probably just sit around talking about mysteries of the universe. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 46
Though I may be efficient at the family table I linger at the table for two. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 45
This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words we really hate to compromise and words are always a compromise. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 44
His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world but a search for quietude where alone it is possible for him to make his contribution to the life of the community. C.G. Jung Introversion 42
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. Susan Cain Introversion 42
Its as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other peoples emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. Susan Cain Introversion 41
Though introverts are drained by interaction we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 39
We know we only have so much energy for reaching out if were going to invest we want it to be good. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 38
Regardless of how dead we feel in a crowd we cling to the uniquely American assumption that associating is good and necessary and solitude is suspect. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 38
...ultimately I found my community by pursuing what I loved writing acting art coffeehouses. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 37
The bestadjusted people are the psychologically patriotic who are glad to be what they are. Isabel Briggs Myers Introversion 37
The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you. Brent Runyon Introversion 37
...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that Im never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me I know I can always turn inward. Susan Cain Introversion 37
If Introversion is a disease then can I please get a disability so I dont have to work with extroverts all the time Anonymous Introversion 36
Is it better to part with your introversion or to accept a diagnosis that allows you to have it as long as you see it as a problem The introverted childs plea for solitude seems to be either unheeded or treated. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 34
When an introvert cares about someone she also wants contact not so much to keep up with the events of the other persons life but to keep up with whats inside the evolution of ideas values thoughts and feelings. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 34
I prefer to interact with people oneonone. Any more than that and the dynamic becomes competitive. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 34
For introverts the best associations start with ideas. If you dont feel a part of your neighborhood association or the happy hour regulars after work dont force it. The community that surrounds you may not be your community. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 32
If you retreat in response to desire rather than deprivation the deprivation may never come. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 31
I talked to a calzone for fifteen minutes last night before I realized it was just an introverted pizza. I wish all my acquaintances were so tasty. Jarod Kintz Introversion 30
I believed that if I had the whole story if I had the opportunity to really know the person I was sitting with there would be nobody I could not love. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 29
...it is impossible to fully and fairly understand introversion without looking inside. We arent just going away were going toward something. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 28
Where else but cyberspace does the introvert have the opportunity to start in our comfort zone of written communication and talk later Laurie Helgoe Introversion 28
It would be wise to be concerned about the introvert who is deprived of solitude. Is she neglecting herself due to depression Is she falling victim to guilt and selfreproach Does she feel cut off from pleasure Does she feel dead Laurie Helgoe Introversion 27
Solitude is not lack. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 26
For the introvert conversation can be a very limited forum for selfexpression. When a song moves you a writer gets you or a theory enlightens youyou and its creator are connecting in a realm beyond sight or speech. Laurie Helgoe Introversion 21
Silence is the new loud, and authenticity is our battle cry Sara Yahia Introversion 14

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