Herm Edwards Quotes

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose.

I'm the kind of person where I always digest everything around me.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?

The examined life is no picnic.

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

O, would some Power give us, To see ourselves as others see us!

I have labored carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions

I try and put myself in other peoples eyes, as I dont feel I've got anything new to say about myself at 23.

The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.

It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.

Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.

You are incredibly wise. (Kat) Only when it comes to other people. It’s easy to see how to fix their lives. It’s much harder to see the cracks in your own house. (Acheron)

Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I try not to be overly analytical.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible to improve.

I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.