#elf

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#self #self-knowledge

I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#wisdom #self-knowledge

I don't want to inhabit the human world under false pretenses. ↗

— Janet Frame

#self-knowledge #self-knowledge

To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation? ↗

— Pascal Mercier

#honesty #illusions #perception #personality #self-awareness

You are not easily forgotten. ↗

— Greg Behrendt

#self-worth #self-worth

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#self-awareness #wisdom #self-awareness

I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not ask of me. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#self-awareness

I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused. ↗

— Keith Richards

#self-awareness

Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not ↗

— Amit Abraham

#self #self-awareness #self-awareness

By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something that he himself should be doing, and he wasn't doing it. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#annoyance #irritation #responsibility #self-awareness #self-awareness