561 Quotes About Self-knowledge

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

[I]t doesn’t matter whom you love or where you move from or to, you always take yourself with you. If you don’t know who you are, or if you’ve forgotten or misplaced her, then you’ll always feel as if you don’t belong. Anywhere. (xiii)

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.

The attainment of Self-knowledge is the ultimate purpose of human life. Surrender yourself to God and the soul will reveal itself.

You are here on earth to unearth who on earth you are.

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goalbut the ultimate condition of life.

Who buys these?" I asked. "Who walks in here and says this, this is what I need?" "People who don't know what they need in the first place," she said. "So, pretty much anybody.

Useful knowledge oftentimes comes unsolicited by distilling survival techniques from personal forays that end infamously.

At thirty a man suspects himself a fool;Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;At fifty chides his infamous delay,Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve;In all the magnanimity of thoughtResolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same.