Quotes About Self-awareness

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

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Trust not yourself; but your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend—and ev'ry foe.

Averse alike to flatter, or offend; Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.

The pride of aiming at more knowledge, and pretending to more perfection, is the cause of Man's error and misery.

Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee.

Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.

Be sure yourself and your own reach to know How far your genius taste and learning go.

What if the foot, ordained the dust to tread, Or hand, to toil, aspired to be the head? What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?

But you with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a critique on the last.

The proper study of Mankind is Man

I was examining my thoughts. I saw they had other forms. I was measuring my emotions. I found their close borders. I was testing my bodily movements. I determined their simple significance. I was losing my benevolence. I have no more concentration. Those who guess will guess. I have nothing left to guess.

Successful journals break the deadlock of introspective obsession

Because sometimes happiness isn't a choice. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can't find joy. Which is why I've decided to stop beating myself up by desperately seeking happiness and give myself the permission to feel exactly how I feel, when I feel it. In fact, maybe, it's not happiness we should be looking for after all - but acceptance.

What gives people whose whole life is a lie the right to judge me?

Conformity is not an admirable trait. Conformity is a copout. It threatens self-awareness. It can lead groups to enforce rigid and arbitrary rules.

Awkwardness defines my life.

Students usually don't refer to themselves as nerds until someone else accuses them of being one.

The art of living in today's world requires us to reach inside ourselves and search for the answers.

To thine own self be true. SHAKESPEARE

I'm nearly thirty, and up to now I've lived as the grass grows. What terrible emptiness! Nothing but selfishness and indifference to others. I must pull myself up before it is too late. Ivan Ilich Telegin.

Am I Aboriginal, or how much of an Aboriginal am I?

No one should let himself fall slave to his own opinion.

L'homme est un apprenti, la douleur est son maître. Et nul ne se connaît tant qu'il n'a pas souffert. C'est une dure loi, mais une loi suprême, vieille comme le monde et la fatalité, qu'il nous faut du malheur recevoir le baptême et qu'à ce triste prix tout doit être acheté...