Introversion - Dual-Language Quotes That Speak to the Heart

My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I'm not working, I'm locked up in my room. — Alessandra Torresani

Historically, psychologists have looked at introversion as the absence of extroversion. They measure extroversion, and if you are low in it, then you are considered an introvert. This perpetuates the perception of introversion as negative space, and introverted activities as not really doing anything. We need to train ourselves, and others, out of this idea. We need to start seeing doing nothing {or reading, or working alone on projects, or whatever it is we do to recharge} as activities that are as valid as any social event. — Sophia Dembling Introverts in...

Iconoclast, the neuroeconomist Gregory Berns — Susan Cain Quiet: The Power...

Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book. Or maybe you like to eat alone in restaurants and could do without the pitying looks from fellow diners. Or you're told that you're "in your head too much," a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Of course, there's another word for such people: thinkers. — Susan Cain Quiet: The Power...

Although she was gregarious, she inadvertently separated herself from people because she was so often inside her own head, focusing on her creativity. — Alexandra Robbins The Geeks Shall...

I'm not really shy. I'm an introvert. I went on to explain the difference - the fact that being around people didn't make me uneasy, I just preferred to be alone most of the time. — Emily Giffin First Comes Love

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...

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