72 Quotes About Self-understanding

Too often we confuse ‘discovering who we are’ with ‘discovering who we want to be.’ And if we commit to the former it will take care of the latter.

Might I wish to be all that I can be and not fall victim to all that I fear to be.

Today I began to criticise myself and look at myself with a judgmental eye... but then instead of going all out in that direction, I stopped and I began to understand me. And then I began to be patient with me. And then I began to feel a softness in the middle of my chest. So then I concluded that I can understand and be patient with me, just like how I am always understanding and being patient with everyone else. Why? Because I deserve that, and more.

You'd be surprised how often you doubt your own sanity when you don't understand your own capacities.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

I may be shy but my pen is not.

Religion without sense is like a car with no wheels. You can be in it, but it won’t take you anywhere. We must be logical and good-natured if we want it to take us places for the greater good.

It’s not possible to run away from yourself. Unless, of course, you’re schizophrenic and can take holidays outside your mind.

The thing that matters most is what matters to you, not anybody else.