Meaningless life Quote by John A. Sanford

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

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

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

— Vernon Howard

“Knowledge of self ought to be the great project of our lives. Knowing ourselves we will know others. Only by knowing ourselves can we…

— Ben Okri

[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

The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge,

— Plato

First, my people must be taught the knowledge of self. Then and only then will they be able to under-stand others and that which…

— Elijah Muhammad

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

— Donald E. Westlake

“Actually, an important part of self-knowledge is that it gives one a better realization of the inner strength that can be called upon, of…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

There is no self-knowledge except historical self-knowledge. No one knows what he is if he doesn't know what his contemporaries are.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

— Elizabeth Edwards

“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