Self-Awareness Quote by Smith III, Ted J

“Let a prejudice be bequeathed, carried in the air, adopted by hearsay, caught in through the eye,–however it may come, these minds will give…

— George Eliot

“For over twenty-five centuries we’ve been bearing the weight of superb and heterogeneous civilizations, all from outside, none made by ourselves, none that we…

— Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

“SELF BENEATH THE SURFACE, VEILED ON PURPOSE, ALL KNOWING AND GRAND, DIRECTED, GUIDED, BY THE ETERNAL HAND, SUSTAINED, FULFILLED, FULL OF LIGHT, REALIZATION ACHIEVED,…

— Charles Edward

“Our actions are reflections, not of who we are, but who we think we are.”

— Justin Young

“Only the carrying out stamps the resolve; till then, it is always a mere intention that can be altered; it exists only in reason,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“A person does not, as I had imagined, stand motionless and clear before our eyes with his merits, his defects, his plans, his intentions…

— Marcel Proust

“In every action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see…

— Blaise Pascal

“We are in the Dark to one another's Purposes and Intendments, and there are a thousand Intrigues in our little Matters, which will not…

— Joseph Glanvill

“What we should do, I suggest, is to give up the idea of ultimate sources of knowledge, and admit that all knowledge is human;…

— Karl R. Popper

“Small, therefore, can we think the progress we have made, as long as our admiration for those who have done noble things is barren,…

— Plutarch

“By striving to see through the veil of our ordinary perceptions, we can come closer to understanding our profound relationship to all created things—all…

— Robert Lanza

“Of all conceivable things that which is most alien to their spirit is to sacrifice any distinct interest or particular right to the requirements…

— Lord Acton