Quote by Emil Cioran

We can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play,…

— Benjamin Disraeli

“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

“Self-knowledge is not clarity or transparency or knowing how everything works, self-knowledge is a fiercely attentive form of humility and thankfulness, a sense of…

— David Whyte

People are beginning to realize that self-knowledge is not an end in itself. It's for the purpose of better relationships, so that we can…

— Jennifer James

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around.…

— Flannery O'Connor

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

— Vernon Howard

“as self-knowledge develops, we begin to care more about what we think and less about what others ask of us. We”

— Charles Hayes

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Self is one, personal and impersonal. But it is only on the personal level that one comes to know the Self. When you know…

— Gian Kumar

“Self-knowledge is the foundation of a practical spirituality, a spirituality that ripples outward from the self into the world.”

— Marya Hornbacher

“since dispassionate self-knowledge is not a quality held in much esteem by the majority of the human race,”

— Donald E. Westlake

“There is a widespread philosophical tendency towards the view which tells us that Man is the measure of all things, that truth is man-made,…

— Bertrand Russell