Self Knowledge Quotes

219 quotes by 167 authors

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. — Dalai Lama
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. — Bruce Lee
If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they… — Ramakrishna
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum… — Hu Shih
Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge. — Nate Silver
In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured… — Jane Smiley
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. — Alice Walker
Re-vision â€“ the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction â€“ is for… — Adrienne Rich
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It… — Ann Landers
And tears came before he could stop them, boiling hot then instantly freezing on his face, and what was the point in wiping them off?… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits a war or… — C.S. Lewis
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Doubt--because doubt is not a sin, it is a sign of your intelligence. You are not responsible to any nation, to any church, to any… — Rajneesh
Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must… — Brian Jacques
Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around cookies. — Claudia Gray
Poor Oscar. Without even realizing it he'd fallen into one of those Let's Be Friends Vortexes, the bane of nerdboys everywhere. These relationships were love's… — Junot Diaz

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