Top Self Knowledge Quotes

I saw myself.... In the time I watched, I saw strength—and frailty. Pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of wisdom, a little. Of folly, much. Of intentions, many good ones; but many more left undone. I...

No matter how strange things get, know that with every breath, you are becoming that which you have always been.

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

If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.

True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself--the ability, developed through self-discipline, to be calm, fully aware, and completely in tune with oneself and the surro...

With or without our knowledge, we are all alchemists.

If you know who you are, this knowledge will attract people in all types of situation and circumstances to support your intentions and ideas

The essential quality of a market system, contrary to popular thinking, is not that it promotes greed; but rather, that it renders greed harmless.

When one attains self-knowledge, distinctions of race and religion vanish.

Lies don't make you happy. They just make you lie about being happy.

What makes people good communicators is, in essence, an ability not to be fazed by the more problematic or offbeat aspects of their own characters. They can contemplate their anger, their sexuality, a...

Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But when he merges his person into an organizational...

When we teach people that suspending moral judgments is a virtue, the necessary outcome is moral horror.

I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

A restless human heart always seeks to increase personal understanding and works to attain excellence.

There is no key to open the heart of another - except curiosity.

The purpose of the false self is to defend against pain - not deal with reality

First know the Self and then talk of social reformation.

Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.

It is wisdom to know who you are, but not to the point of excluding who you might become.