External Quotes

“Happiness is an undercurrent of sensitivity and leads a surreptitious life: it is an internal eventuality. We can feel it in stillness and it stands the test of time. Joy is an eruption of cheerful moments and we want to express it: it is an external eventuality. We might shout it out, as it conveys a dynamic of fleeting instants. Joy gives voice to “en-joy-ment”. ("The grass was greener over there")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“The exaggerated dopamine sensitivity of the introvert leads one to believe that when in public, introverts, regardless of its validity, often feel to be the center of (unwanted) attention hence rarely craving attention. Extroverts, on the other hand, seem to never get enough attention. So on the flip side it seems as though the introvert is in a sense very external and the extrovert is in a sense very internal - the introvert constantly feels too much 'outerness' while the extrovert doesn't feel enough 'outerness'.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

“Beautiful is he who recognizes what is truly beautiful,
Even if the surface is ugly.
Truthful is he who says what is true,
Even if the truth is ugly.
Ugly is he who measures beauty by its exterior,
Without first weighing the interior.
And ugly is the man who judges harshly what he sees looking out,
Without first judging what he sees in the mirror.





Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010)”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Fighting external monsters is easy in comparison to how we fight those within us.”
― Jeffrey Fry

“By the external appearance of your knowledge, you have attained (high) ranks and reverence with the people! So seek with Allah higher ranks and closeness by virtue of your hidden good deeds. And know that these two ranks, one cancels out the other.”
― Wuhayb ibn al-Wird

“Everything you perceive, externally, is the manifestation of some internal part of you. If it was not, it would not be present in your perceived reality.”
― Tony Warrick

“Some teach you
what can't be taught,
by turning their back
on you & helping
you get internally
closer to everything
you externally
sought.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“The harder you work on yourself the more the external things you couldn't change, will change on their own.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“If one abuses or neglects internal powers, external forces will act accordingly.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“A healthy body is not easily infected by external bacteria and viruses, a healthy mind too is not easily infected by external insults and undesirable events.”
― Awdhesh Singh, 31 Ways to Happiness

“We are lucky when we are helped while we lose our balance; but we are certainly much luckier when we are helped only by ourselves while we lose our balance because the less external-help we get the more inner-strength we gain!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The warmth of summer, the richness of expansion that creates the perfect environment for a body that wants to feel at least the illusion of warmth on top of its' old persevering soul that dwells within. This season, I no longer try to reach for that external warmth, but rather pray to find that spark that could light me up from deep inside. I trust my intuition and I know it is near, if only my eyes wouldn't be blinded by the sun.”
― Virgil Kalyana Mittata Iordache

“People try to build their identity around external things such as appearance and the clothes at the expense of neglecting the inner values of who they really are”
― Sunday Adelaja

“External is never eternal.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Don't be distracted by what's poppin' in the next lane. What's yours was given. Set cruise control, lean back and full press [that] divine inner feelin”
― T.F. Hodge

“This crisis and its resolution shaped their explanatory style for bad events, making it temporary, specific, and external.”
― Seligman Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it," she said. "But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, those things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“You cannot rise beyond the external as well as internal reality unless you understand your own perception.”
― Roshan Sharma

“Your main target should be to find and develop your own unique individuality and not let your focus be sidetracked and drift to external things”
― Sunday Adelaja

“When a human being is brought up with the concern of simply taking care of his body and the external aspect of his life, he is acting as though he is only biomass”
― Sunday Adelaja

“You are not your outer appearance, and you are not your body”
― Sunday Adelaja

“One who experiences prasantta [blissful happiness] within, he will have prasantta [blissful happiness] externally. The mind is a mirror (reflection) for the external.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“That which is external, it is instrumental (naimitik); it is relative and it is perishable [destructive]. Instrumental means no one has a say in it. One’s actions are not of his own free will; he is under the control of external power. So on what basis do you need to object? Sooner or later you will have to become free from objections.”
― Dada Bhagwan

“The place you want to reach may be far away; but if your desire to get there is very strong, the road will get shorter! Your psychology radically changes external conditions!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“You’ve probably experienced overthinking when climbing at some point. By analysing and evaluating the signals you’re receiving from your body, the chances are that the route will feel harder than you expected. This is rarely of any benefit, so you should concentrate on external factors. Look at footholds to position your foot precisely, and concentrate on tasks such as flow and efficiency so you don’t get too pumped too soon.”
― Martin Mobråten, The Climbing Bible

“Being internally driven also feels different. Instead of feeling the weight of expectation coming down on us from the outside, we feel power flowing up from within. External pressure breaks us down, makes us shrink, and burdens us; internal drive builds us up, makes us grow, and energises us.”
― Ceri Evans, Perform Under Pressure

“Beauty is certainly not all these breathtaking body features the eye can see.

Beauty is more of the moral ethics qualities that instill someone's personality.”
― Ricardo Derose

“External smile is for the world, internal one, for the soul. Brahma smile is the internal one, the smile of the soul.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Smiling Brahma

“When muscle breaks itself internally, it’s growth; when it’s broken by someone externally, it’s damage.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Rep By Rep