How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared…

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner…

— Franz Kafka

Research into endometriosis is as scanty as funding.

— Rose George

The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

So scanty is our present allowance of happiness that in many situations life could scarcely be supported if hope were not allowed to relieve…

— Samuel Johnson

“We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge--and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves--how could it happen that we should ever…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Dear young woman, do not place your sense of beauty and self worth, upon the plastic pedestal called "what other people say to you",…

— C. JoyBell C

“When we allow ourselves to show some patience and take time to listen to the others, we may learn a lot about ourselves. Patience…

— Erik Pevernagie

If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and…

— Epictetus

Your character is who you are. To understand yourself is to know your character. To love yourself is to love your character.

— Anonymous

Sometimes you need to walk away not to make someone else realize how worthy you are but for you to understand and acknowledge your…

— Anonymous

“Part of the answer is that self-knowledge has never been one of our strong points. To the contrary, even the most elemental knowledge of…

— John A. Sanford

For whatever else the religious life may be, it is the fountain of self-knowledge and disillusion, the safest form of psychoanalysis.

— CS Lewis

I sometimes pray not for self-knowledge in general but for just so much self knowledge at the moment as I can bear and use…

— Anonymous

“Instead of labelling your emotions as problems to solve, you can see them as signals to interpret. Instead of judging your desires as shameful…

— Vironika Tugaleva

“Low states are a like a poison to the psyche. Millions of people throughout the world take tranquillizers each day to combat depression, but…

— Belsebuub