Sophia Dembling · 198 pages
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“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgemental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“What is a friend? We probably all have our own definitions. For me, it's someone I don't feel alone with. Who doesn't bore me. Whose life I connect with and who takes reciprocal interest in my life. It's someone I feel comfortable turning to when I need to be talked off the ledge, and for whom I am glad to return the favor.
Just a few people in my life fit that bill.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Introverts think carefully before they speak. We can be excellent public speakers because we prepare carefully.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Every introvert alive knows the exquisite pleasure of stepping from the clamor of a party into the bathroom and closing the door”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Jung was the first to propose the model of psychic energy, suggesting that for introverts, energy flows inward, while for extroverts, energy flows outward. Introverts tend to embrace this definition. It fels right for us because we know exactly what it feels like to have our energy depleted when we have sent too much flowing outward.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“It's not that introverts aren't good team players. We just don't need to be in the same room as the rest of the team at all times. We would much prefer to have part of the project carved out for us to squirrel away with it in our offices, consulting as necessary but working independently.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“We didn't know you were an introvert, we thought you were just a bitch.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Another explained, “I think I’d speak for any introvert when I say if you could hear all the thoughts running through an introvert’s mind at any given moment—you’d feel like you’d just had your ear talked off for the last hour.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Just because I’m quiet doesn’t mean I have nothing to say.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“We know what it feels like to have our energy drained by too much interaction. It feels like my brain is tired, almost like a muscle would be tired. The more depleted my psychic energy is, the slower my thoughts come, the harder it is to speak full sentences or focus on what’s going on around me. My senses become even more sensitive; noise and fuss are more overwhelming. And I become tense, irritated, cranky. That’s when I know I need to stop, sit down, let my brain relax and put up its metaphorical feet.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“In one study, researchers used an iPhone app to check in on people at random points throughout the day and found that the more people were thinking about something other than what they were doing, the less happy they felt. Even when they weren’t thinking about anything particularly bad.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Nine out of ten introverts agree: The telephone is the tool of the devil.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Introverts are actually a lot like Clark Kent-- mild and unassuming much of the time, but able to swoop in and turn on our Supercharm when we choose.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You're bored. You're depressed. You're shy. You're stuck up. You're judgmental . When others can't read us, they write their own story-not always one we choose or that's true to who we are.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“One of the risks of being quiet is that other people can fill your silence with their own interpretations: You're bored. You're depressed. You're shy. You're stuck-up. You're judgemental. You have nothing to say.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“We know what it feels like to have our energy drained by too much interaction. It feels like my brain is tired, almost like a muscle would be tired. The more depleted my psychic energy is, the slower my thoughts come, the harder it is to speak full sentences or focus on what's going on around me. My senses become even more sensitive; noise and fuss are more overwhelming. And I become tense, irritated, cranky. That's when I know I need to stop, sit down, let my brain relax and put up its metaphorical feet.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“There’s absolutely nothing wrong with finding our own thoughts more interesting than a long story about someone’s husband’s niece’s gum surgery. Introverts”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Not only has volume been ratcheted up but expectations have, too. Quiet success--painting a picture, writing a poem, writing an algorithm--is all well and good, but if you haven't become famous doing it, then did it really matter?”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Brando said he'd noticed that powerful people spoke quietly, and Don Corleone's quiet calm and nearly inaudible speaking voice are key to the character. When Corleone speaks, you have to be quiet to hear him. What can we learn from Don Corleone (that doesn't involve killing people)? That quiet does have its own power, if we harness it.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“One of the risks of being quiet is that other people can fill your silence with their own interpretations: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck-up. You’re judgmental. You have nothing to say.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Every introvert alive knows the exquisite pleasure of stepping from the clamor of a party into the bathroom and closing the door.”
― Sophia Dembling, quote from The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
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“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training. Through training, we can change; we can transform ourselves. Within Buddhist practice there are various methods of trying to sustain a calm mind when some disturbing event happens. Through repeated practice of these methods we can get to the point where some disturbance may occur but the negative effects on our mind remain on the surface, like the waves that may ripple on the surface of an ocean but don't have much effect deep down. And, although my own experience may be very little, I have found this to be true in my own small practice. So, if I receive some tragic news, at that moment I may experience some disturbance within my mind, but it goes very quickly. Or, I may become irritated and develop some anger, but again, it dissipates very quickly. There is no effect on the deeper mind. No hatred. This was achieved through gradual practice; it didn't happen overnight.'
Certainly not. The Dalai Lama has been engaged in training his mind since he was four years old.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, quote from The Art of Happiness
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