Quotes About Self-discovery

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.

Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

You only grow when you are alone.

Freedom is knowing who you really are.

Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

Nosce te ipsum —la corregí, conteniendo otra risotada—. Significa «conócete a ti mismo».

How do you determine your values? You do so by asking yourself the following question: "What's most important to me in my life that will make me happy and that will significantly enhance the quality of my life?

When you explore new job and career options, you need only define 1) jobs that would interest you, that you are or could be qualified to do, and that are in harmony with your career and life values and 2) industries that interest you. The T-Bar model is a self-brainstorming tool to help you answer the question, "What do I want to do?" On one side of the "T," you'll list jobs. On the other, you'll list industries.

You can never attain full awareness following the actions of the majority.

For three weeks I was in a state of slippage, a gap widening between me and my usual self.

There's no path to liberation that doesn't pass through the shadow.

If you don't give yourself room to fail, Zack, you'll live your life inside an iron cage that will gradually get smaller and smaller until you can't even breathe.

I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking.

Whoever has this Gnosis...takes what is his and restores it to himself. By Gnosis, a man knows 'whence he has come and whither he is going.

O que é que tu tens? Agora já podes parecer contigo. Retoma teu rosto. Vamos, Claire, volta a ser minha irmã...

Il ne savait pas encore que tout événement de notre vie n'a d'importance que la résonance qu'il trouve en nous, que le degré qu'il nous fait franchir vers l'ascétisme

I know the feelings of my heart, and I know men. I am not made like any of those I have seen; I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different. Whether Nature has acted rightly or wrongly in destroying the mould in which she cast me, can only be decided after I have been read.

Be knowingly silent as often as you can and you will no longer be a prey to the desire to be this or that. You will discover in the everyday events of life the deep meaning behind the fulfilment of the whole, for the ego is totally absent.

When you are alone, you have all the time in the world to practice whistling like a bird. When there is no one in the world you can turn to, a horse or .even a lion may give you companionship. When you don't know if there is anyone in the world like you, you seek contact with something living however you can

A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there may be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.