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Self-knowledge Quotes


"The more you know yourself, the less you depend on external validation."


"To know oneself, one should assert oneself."


"There are many things that you can avoid by just knowing something. Knowledge of self is the most notable knowledge I pursue. By knowing myself, I avoided dead dreams and a meaningless life."


"Wisdom begins in knowing the self."


"He hath always but slightly, known himself...King Lear."


"To attempt to know myself 'apart' from God is to choose to know nothing more than 'a part' of myself."


"The greatest person to know in life is yourself. There's no one who will treat you better."


"You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others."


"Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know."


"You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself."
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