#led

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

Some girls have to go to college to discover what they are good at; some are born doing what they must without even truly knowing why. I felt a hole in my heart shaped like a dark door I needed to guard. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#self-discovery #self-knowledge #self-knowledge

Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract. ↗

— Peter Steele

#fulfilled #label #longer #our #point

Little faults become great, and even monstrous in our eyes, in proportion as the pure light of God increases in us; just as the sun in rising, reveals the true dimensions of objects which were dimly and confusedly discovered during the night. ↗

— François Fénelon

#self-knowledge #sin #spiritual-growth #self-growth

Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#historiography #history #knowledge #nature

It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine. ↗

— Jacqueline Kelly

#humor

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human. ↗

— Luis Barragan

#being #called #deprived #human #life