Quotes About Self-awareness

Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

With a little discipline and regular self-checks, you can learn to do one thing at a time. And do it better. And be happier doing it.

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb . . . and I also know that I'm not blonde.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

If a man thinks about his physical or moral state, he usually discovers that he is ill.

Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgement.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty died when false modesty was born.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

To become the spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

After such an introduction, I can hardly wait to hear what I'm going to say.

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself - and how little I deserve it.

When I look in the glass I see that every line in my face means pessimism, but in spite of my face - that is my experience - I remain an optimist.

It is so comical to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose!

I don't like my voice. I don't like the way I look. I don't like the way I move. I don't like the way I act. I mean, period. So, you know, I don't like myself.

To think well of every other man's condition, and to dislike our own, is one of the misfortunes of human nature.

Other people's eggs have two yolks.

It is all right to say exactly what you think if you have learned to think exactly.