Quotes About Introspection

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

the knowledge of personal failure ... is the invaluable predicate of all honest compassion.

For the Christian, humility is absolutely indispensable. Without it there can be no self-knowledge, no repentance, no faith and no salvation.

I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

When you look directly at an insane man all you see is a reflection of your own knowledge that he's insane, which is not to see him at all.

Knowledge is the rediscovering of our own insight.

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.

To know, is to know that you know nothing.

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.

All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge.

Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

The surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one s own knowledge is not to overstep them.

The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge and it is usually acquired laboriously through experience outside the classroom.

In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.

I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.

You know that you know nothing. Find out that knowledge.

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.

Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.