--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Only one knows, speaks, and lives…" description: "\"“Only one knows, speaks, and lives according to what he has within. One who has the universe within him knows the true meaning of the universe. Living ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/woo-myung-26403_life_only-one-knows-speaks-and-lives-accordin_3042387.jpg" --- # Only one knows, speaks, and lives according to what he has… ![“Only one knows, speaks, and lives according to what he has within. One who has the universe within him knows the true meaning of the universe. Living as the will of the universe by becoming the universe is true life.” quote by Woo Myung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/woo-myung-26403_life_only-one-knows-speaks-and-lives-accordin_3042387.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/woo-myung-26403_life_only-one-knows-speaks-and-lives-accordin_3042387.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/woo-myung-26403_life_only-one-knows-speaks-and-lives-accordin_3042387.jpg) > ““Only one knows, speaks, and lives according to what he has within. One who has the universe within him knows the true meaning of the universe. Living as the will of the universe by becoming the universe is true life.”” [Woo Myung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woo-myung/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Living in harmony with the inner self aligns one with universal truth. **In simple terms:** Inner harmony equals true life. 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