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Self-knowledge21 quotes
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCKnow thyself. — ThalesKnow the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated. — Sun Tzu · 475 BCLook round the habitable world! how few
Know their own good; or knowing it, pursue. — John Dryden · 1693We know what we are but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare · 1616To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin · 1979All 21 quotes →Introspection3 quotes
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCKnow thyself. — ThalesI took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am. — Sylvia Plath · 1963Wisdom3 quotes
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCKnow thyself. — ThalesThe fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare · 1616Existential terror2 quotes
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself. — Hermann Hesse · 1919Facing oneself2 quotes
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself. — Hermann Hesse · 1919Happiness2 quotes
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin · 1979It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how... And still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss. — Henry Miller · 1941Human potential2 quotes
We know what we are but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare · 1616Everyone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking. — HeraclitusSelf-awareness2 quotes
Know thyself. — ThalesArt is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisSelf-discovery2 quotes
How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight? — Tyler Durden · 1999Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisArt1 quote
Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisAuthenticity1 quote
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be oneself. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Being oneself1 quote
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be oneself. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Distraction1 quote
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944Enemies1 quote
Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated. — Sun Tzu · 475 BCFools1 quote
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare · 1616Human limitations1 quote
A man's got to know his limitations. — Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan · 1973Human nature1 quote
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944Nature of art1 quote
Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisPersonal growth1 quote
Everyone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking. — HeraclitusPhilosophy1 quote
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCSelf-control1 quote
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
These three alone lead life to sovereign power. — Alfred Tennyson · 1832Self-criticism1 quote
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCSelf-esteem1 quote
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
These three alone lead life to sovereign power. — Alfred Tennyson · 1832The human condition1 quote
There is no human being on earth who is capable of declaring who he is, with certainty. No one knows what he has come to this world to do, to what his acts, feelings, ideas correspond, or what his real name is, his imperishable Name in the registry of Light. — Leon Bloy · 1912