“Irrational expectations are at the root of most human suffering.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves. — Russ Roberts Copy Share Image
If you really did know my life then you wouldn't mess with me, Cause you would know that I know how to… — Kiki Strack Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to walk away not to make someone else realize how worthy you are but for you to understand and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Unless we learn to know ourselves, we run the danger of destroying ourselves.” — Ja A. Jahannes Copy Share Image
I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
We must not be defined by what we do, but we must be what and who we are, then only happen to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“If you ate nails, your stomach would hurt, and it’s a good thing that it would. Eating nails is deadly, thus the… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“Self-knowledge liberates us from the frustration of ignorance, while simultaneously nurturing and supporting our capacity for intelligence. Objectivity” — Charles Hayes Copy Share Image
If man puts his honor first in relying upon himself, knowing himself and applying himself, this in self-reliance, self-assertion, and freedom, he… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“There are two types of people in this world: those who gain enough self-knowledge and isolate themselves from the world and those… — Shivam Chaudhary Copy Share Image
There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
Like the rest of the genetic lottery, beauty is unfair. Everyone falls short of perfection, but some are luckier than others. Real… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
The vast distances that separate the stars are providential. Beings and worlds are quarantined from one another. The quarantine is lifted only… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“ The Cloud of Unknowing was written by someone who was exceedingly tough-minded in the sense in which William James used the… — Ira Progoff Copy Share Image
“Writing allows a person to explore both physical reality and the internal workings of their mind. Writing places us in touch with… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
“Whether he was acting ill or well he did not know, and far from laying down the law about it, he now… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It seems as if only now I really know who I am. My strengths, my weaknesses, my jealousiesits as if all of… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
If... deceit is fundamental to animal communication, then there must be strong selection to spot deception and this ought, in turn, to… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
To young people born under the weird planet of the SAT, intelligence was equated with agility, with raw acuity. It produced a… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom, which is the ending of fear.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
