Quotes About Self-discovery

Truly being able to see the needs of others around you, that is a rare gift. Only when you embrace it will you start to learn who you are, and begin going after what you really want.

I wanted to peel myself off of me.

My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV.

Realize yourself to not have to renew happiness by doing the same thing every day."

After I spent my whole life chasing wings, I learned that I don't need them to fly."

The chicken that is raised by the eagle, strives to fly higher and higher, but the eagle that is raised by the chicken, spends its whole life not knowing what it is to fly."

who are we, that we so conceal ourselves from ourselves?

There must be some place along the route, a halfway house in time, where the runners may pause and ask themselves why they run, what is the prize and is it the prize they really want?

I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.

Mark my words: living alone is the ultimate exploration of inner truth. It's one thing to see yourself as a web of changing relationships: to others, to society, to material things and places. It's quite another to see simply yourself, to be your own companion, to talk to yourself and answer back honestly. Your times change because others change them for you. My changes come purely from within.

The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be. . . . Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.

Seni elde etmeyi ne bir Kaiser, ne bir Çar ya da ne bir "tüm proleterlerin babas?" ba?arm?? de?ildir. Onlar seni ancak kölele?tirdiler, ama hiçbiri seni o küçüklü?ünden, bir ?v?r-z?v?r olmaktan kurtaramad?. Seni elde edecek olan tek ?ey, içinde bulunan temizlik, ar?l?k duygusudur, ya?ama kar?? duydu?un özlemdir sana gerçekten egemen olabilecek tek ?ey.

Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness...we may admire what he does, but we despise what he is.

Close your eyes.

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behaviours than from hearing surprising facts from the behaviour of others

Most important, of course, we all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.

Wer weit reise, sagte er, erfahre viele Dinge. Ein paar davon über sich selbst.

Chi viaggia in posti lontani, disse, apprende molte cose. Qualcuna anche su se stesso.

?i noi to?i, care ne uitam în sus, am în?eles deodat? ce înseamn? lejeritatea. Am în?eles cum poate fi via?a pentru unul care face cu adev?rat ce î?i dore?te, nu crede în nimic ?i nu ascult? de nimeni. Am priceput cum ar fi s? fii un astfel de om ?i am mai priceput c? noi nu vom fi niciodat? astfel de oameni.

I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone.

I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.

Although we know the end of the maze holds death (and it is something I have not always known--not long ago the adolescent in me thought death could happen only to other people), I see now that the path I choose through that maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--one of many ways--and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.

Nietzsche believed that what this man will find deep inside is not very pretty. He wrote that if I am diligent, in my depths I will discover my "madman," "immoralist," "buffoon," and "criminal." Only then, Nietzsche said, will I finally tune in on something of value. Then I will be ready to actualize my true nature.