Quotes About Reflection

The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

God will give you more knowledge about yourself than you could ever think to know.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge come from looking around; wisdom comes from looking up.

No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.

It is not healthy to be thinking all the time. Thinking is intended for acquiring knowledge or applying it. It is not essential living.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

You only grow when you are alone.

If you wish to know yourself observe how others act. If you wish to understand others look into your own heart.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.

They who humble themselves before knowledge of any kind generally end up the wiser and as voices with something meaningful to say.

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

Self-knowledge is like lost innocence; however unsettling you find it, it can never be 'unthought' or 'unknown'.

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Kui tahes surnud vana armastus ka ei oleks, uusi armsamaid haavab see ikka.

No he querido saber, pero he sabido que una de las niñas, cuando ya no era niña y no hacía mucho que había regresado de su viaje de bodas, entró en el cuarto de baño, se puso frente al espejo, se abrió la blusa, se quitó el sostén y se buscó el corazón con la punta de la pistola de su propio padre [...]

Às vezes tenho a sensação de que nada do que acontece acontece, porque nada acontece sem interrupção, nada perdura nem persevera nem se recorda incessantemente, e até a mais monótona e rotineira das existências vai se anulando e negando a si mesma em sua aparente repetição até que nada seja nada e ninguém seja ninguém que tenham sido antes.

El de entonces soy yo todavía, o si no soy él soy su prolongación, o su sombra, o su heredero, o su usurpador. No hay ningún otro que se le parezca tanto.