Quotes About Self-awareness

Nothing is easier than to sit, like Father Matthew,[17] in the seat of judgement and condemn drunkenness, while you are yourself intoxicated with sobriety;

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

Aquel Dios del que había oído hablar, pero que, desde hacía largo tiempo, no se preocupaba de negar ni de reconocer, dedicado solamente a vivir como si no existiera, ahora, en ciertos momentos de abatimiento sin motivo, de terror sin peligro, le parecía oírlo gritar dentro de sí: Yo existo

Para hacer el bien, hay que conocerlo; y al igual que cualquier otra cosa, no podemos conocerlo sino en medio de nuestras pasiones, mediante nuestros juicios, con nuestras ideas; las cuales muy a menudo dejan bastante que desear.

He had a favorite sentence which he always used to conclude his harangues on such matters: No harm comes to an honest man who minds his own business and knows his place.

There are many things wrong with you. A hangover just isn't one of them.

We only keep the scars we choose to keep

If stupid people didn't insist on thinking they were smart, the world would be a lot simpler.

Leaders are usually unaware, or at least underestimate, the motivating power of their presence. Nobody sees themselves as others see them.

Sometimes it also helps to have a bit less pride.

We are not here to judge others. We are here to follow our hearts and play our roles, not condemn the actions of others (or ourselves).

Every human being is a Leonardo da Vinci. The only problem is that he doesn't know it. His parents didn't know it, and they didn't treat him like a Leonardo. Therefore he didn't become like a Leonardo. That's my basic theory.47

When we complain, we hold whatever or whoever we're complaining about as a shield. We therefore perpetuate victimization and helplessness.

many bullies lack the self-awareness and insight to see how their power plays are destructive, not only to themselves but to others around them.

Contradictions stop only the people who stop and think about them, who stop to question the consistency of their various desires instead of simply forging ahead and fulfilling them all.

To project our own worldview is to refuse to learn what happened, which prevents us comprehending worldviews that differ significantly from our own. If we insist on treating history as a mirror, we shall see only ourselves.

Had he himself ever felt Korean inside, for example? How would he know? Wouldn't it just feel like . . . himself? Whatever he'd felt, it was probably not what Scott felt. But also, he was Korean American, not Korean, a distinction he had never been able to explain sufficiently to the white people in his life so far,

Happiness is the consciousness of growth. [...] If my definition has validity, it suggests that most people come to therapy because they sense their growth has been arrested. Certainly many patients look to therapy to reinstitute the growth process. (33)

The ability to contain excitation or feeling is self-possession. It is the third stage in the therapeutic program. The first two are self-awareness and self-expression. Self-possession is the stage in which the ego functions as the standard-bearer of a self that knows who it is and what it has to do. The self possesses an ego. It is the stage in which the self experiences its being as a fully mature man or woman.

And we need to know what it is to be human, if we are to avoid becoming narcissists.

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan: The proper study of mankind is man.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.