The term “inwardly” has long served as a literary device employed to contrast the inner world of emotions, thoughts, and moral sentiments with external behavior. Authors use it to reveal secret judgments or feelings that characters prefer to keep hidden from the public eye, whether it be quiet self-reflection, moral self-assessment, or suppressed anger. In some narratives, like in Edith Wharton’s work [1] and Gogol’s [2], it underscores internal reactions that are distinctly private despite outward politeness; in others, such as in Santayana’s reflections [3, 4, 5] or Yogananda’s spiritual musings [6, 7, 8], it captures the nuanced interplay between inner conviction and external manifestations. This consistent literary usage highlights an enduring interest in portraying the complexity of human consciousness—the silent, often conflicted interior life that remains inconspicuously at odds with the observable self.