“Was this the triumph of self-knowledge: to suffer more lucidly?” — Edward St. Aubyn Copy Share Image
Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Self is found in knowledge, devotion and concentration, in integrity, purity, moderation, self-control and intelligence.” — Gian Kumar Copy Share Image
“The only relationships that exist are based on truth. Everything else is just a mutual and isolating delusion.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I know unless I'm true to myself I couldn't be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little… — Betty White Copy Share Image
“I believe in knowing who you are but without limiting yourself to your own expectation of who you are.” — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
You aim for what you want and if you don't get it, you don't get it, but if you don't aim, you… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“Throughout human history beauty has been seen as a gift from God, but Mom had another notion; she thought that beauty could… — Ruth Reichl Copy Share Image
Even a monotonously undeviating path of self-examination does not necessarily lead to self-knowledge. I stumble towards my grave confused and hurt and… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Only when the mind is tranquil-through self-knowledge and not through imposed self-discipline-only then, in that tranquillity, in that silence, can reality come… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“You are in prison. If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you… — G.I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
“Understand that when the beast within you succeeds again in paralyzing into unending incompletion whatever you again had the temerity to try… — Frank Bidart Copy Share Image
In the Upanishads they talk about the path of the sun and the path of the moon. The path of the moon… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
If I can have an effect on influential women and men, if they seek me out because they are interested in self-knowledge… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Low states are a like a poison to the psyche. Millions of people throughout the world take tranquillizers each day to combat… — Belsebuub Copy Share Image
“Self-love and compassion for other people commences with accepting responsibility for the harm caused by our own misconduct and by forgiving other… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
The Spirit which is within you is a collective being and once you are awakened into the light of Spirit, you become… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“If, on the contrary, they hear from you about themselves, they will be in no position to say, “The Lord is lying.”… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Yes it’s me, I myself, what I turned out to be, (…) I’m the one here in myself, it’s me. (…) Whatever… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“And a man said, speak to us of self-knowledge. and he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Difficulties of life are valuable opportunities for self-discovery.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“The poor man's revenge is that happiness cannot be inherited” — Angelos Michalopoulos Copy Share Image
