Know Thyself Quotes

48 quotes by 39 authors

A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God. — John Ruskin
The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God. — Francis Quarles
One's character is one's habitual way of behaving. We all have patterns of behavior or habits, and often we are quite unaware of them. When… — Thomas Lickona
Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God. — Pythagoras
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe. — Pythagoras
Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would… — Andre Gide
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One of the perks of being a psychologist is access to tools that allow you to carry out the injunction to know thyself. — Steven Pinker
Know thyself,â€™ said Socrates. Know thyself,â€™ said Sappho, â€˜and make sure that the Church never finds out. — Jeanette Winterson
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world — Miguel de Cervantes
To you, Fell. Can't you feel it? Inside you, as it lies inside all the Lera. Know thyself, wolf. — David Clement-Davies
Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to 'learn.' What… — G I Gurdjieff
The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an… — Adam Smith
One has to know the size of one's stomach. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment. — L. Frank Baum
You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself. — Don DeLillo
Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written. — Oscar Wilde
The Revelation of Sonmi 451 To be is to be perceived, and so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other.… — David Mitchell
I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir. — Lois McMaster Bujold

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