98 Quotes About Self-consciousness

Knowledge of the self is the root of all knowledge.

Yet, the notion that the self-comprehension that is episteme (Wissenschaft) could result from amalgamating a form of episteme from which the first person is expelled with a form of spiritual activity that is incapable of rigorous conceptual articulation is bizarre.

One should be more concerned about what his conscience whispers than about what other people shout.

Blessed are the unself-conscious, for they live life to the full.

Don't let the excess of demand make you loose your command and get you further from what you've planned.

We almost always start a conversation, or sustain one, merely to cover the silence with, or merely to keep the silence covered by, the sounds of our words, which seldom form important statements or questions.

The misfortune of solitary and timid people - who are timid from self-consciousness - is just that, though they have eyes and indeed open them wide, they see nothing, or see everything in a false light, as though through coloured spectacles.

Some adults are so self-conscious that they are unable to look, for longer than two seconds, a child or even an animal in the eye.

Get up and do something; don't think about yourself.