Quotes About Self-awareness

When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate

In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?

The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.

If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.

It's important to remember that people are always doing the best they can, including you.

We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven't found it.

To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.

Everything you need to know is within you. Listen. Feel. Trust the body's wisdom.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

If one is too lazy to think, too vain to do a thing badly, too cowardly to admit it, one will never attain wisdom.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.

Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to hell with them.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom

Strength, courage & wisdom...it's been inside of me all along.

Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find out what's wrong.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

The person I like most is the one who points out my defects

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.