561 Quotes About Self-knowledge

The path of Karma-yoga leads directly to self-realization, only people do not have the patience to practice it.

खुद को जानें कि मैं वास्तव में कौन हूँ क्योंकि आत्म-ज्ञान से बढ़कर इस जीवन में कुछ नहीं है। मनुष्य जीवन सिर्फ आत्म-सिद्धि के लिए ही है और हमें इसी के लिए प्रयास करना चाहिए, इसके बिना मनुष्य कभी सुखी नहीं हो सकता।

Know yourself who I really am, this will complete your life, and there is no other way.

...[T]he whole undertaking of philosophical inquiry requires a prior understanding of the conceptual system in which the undertaking is set. That is an empirical job for cognitive science and cognitive semantics. ... Unless this job is done, we will not know whether the answers philosophers give to their questions are a function of the conceptualization built into the questions themselves.

Life so far seemed like a kind of dance to him, and he was pleased to discover that he was pretty good at it. Lf there was something hollow underneath it all, a well of fear that sometimes seemed to pull everything else into it and leave him clutching the stone rim for fear of falling into himself, well, that was part of being human, he supposed. That's what the booze was for.

Know yourself? Why not forget yourself instead?

– The life of the worlds is a roaring river, but Earth’s is a pond and a backwater.– The sign of doom is written on your brows – how long will ye kick against the pin-pricks?– But there is one conquest and one crown, one redemption and one solution.– Know yourselves – be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.

Consciousness cannot be glimpsed as though it were something outside yourself, because it is you.

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.