--- title: "7 Oneself Lost Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Oneself Lost quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Oneself Lost sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/grace-sara-39466_affirmations_if-you-take-society-s-definition-of-know_117241.jpg" --- > [“If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-sara/if-you-take-society-s-definition-of-knowing-oneself-you-will-become/) [Grace Sara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-sara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/grace-sara-39466_affirmations_if-you-take-society-s-definition-of-know_117241.jpg) > [And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/and-this-is-the-simple-truth-that-to-live-is-to-feel-oneself-lost-he/) [Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/jose-ortega-y-gasset-1688_accepting_and-this-is-the-simple-truth-that-to-liv_343362.jpg) > [“But I was young and didn’t know better and someone should have told me to capture every second every kiss & every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-eriksson/but-i-was-young-and-didn-t-know-better-and-someone-should-have-told/) [Charlotte Eriksson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-eriksson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/charlotte-eriksson-3235_alone_but-i-was-young-and-didn-t-know-better-a_627019.jpg) > [And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/and-this-is-the-simple-truth-that-to-live-is-to-feel-oneself-lost-he-2/) [Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/soren-kierkegaard-578_accepting_and-this-is-the-simple-truth-that-to-liv_1267078.jpg) > [To live is to feel oneself lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/to-live-is-to-feel-oneself-lost/) [Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/jose-ortega-y-gasset-1688_feel_to-live-is-to-feel-oneself-lost-2820403_2820403.jpg) > [“As this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost - he who accepts it has already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-gasset/as-this-is-the-simple-truth-that-to-live-is-to-feel-oneself-lost-he/) [Jose Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-gasset/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/jose-gasset-250279_lost_as-this-is-the-simple-truth-that-to-live_3074804.jpg) > [To live is to feel oneself lost. Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves and the hidden unrealized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-mamerto/to-live-is-to-feel-oneself-lost-not-until-we-are-lost-do-we-begin-to/) [Edwin Mamerto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-mamerto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/edwin-mamerto-4738_life_to-live-is-to-feel-oneself-lost-not-unti_3231938.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oneself-lost/#itemlist", "name": "Oneself Lost Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grace Sara" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-sara/if-you-take-society-s-definition-of-knowing-oneself-you-will-become/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/grace-sara-39466_affirmations_if-you-take-society-s-definition-of-know_117241.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/grace-sara-39466_affirmations_if-you-take-society-s-definition-of-know_117241.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/grace-sara-39466_affirmations_if-you-take-society-s-definition-of-know_117241.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.” — Grace Sara", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. 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He who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Instinctively, as do the shipwrecked, he will look around for something to which to cling, and that tragic, ruthless glance, absolutely sincere, because it is a question of his salvation, will cause him to bring order into the chaos of his life. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. 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