Quotes about Self-awareness

Ironic that those most holy are least likely to see themselves that way.

Part of being a Christian is recognizing that sin deceives us, and we need other believers to help us see the things we cannot see about ourselves. Joining a church, I've often said, is like throwing paint on the invisible man. New sins become visible in the course of our discipling relationships.

Everyone is in a tribe, and the sooner we realize we are not each unique, like a snowflake—a special, one-of-a-kind person, just like Mama said—the sooner we will make sense of ourselves and the spiritual cul-de-sac we call home. You are likely not unique, particularly special

A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.

He is best of all who of himself conceiveth all things;   Good again is he too who can adopt a good suggestion;   But whoso neither of himself conceiveth nor hearing from   another   Layeth it to heart;—he is a useless man.

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.

To underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

I was very lucky to get well known much later in life. You need to have flopped quite a few times to get a sense of how little any of it has to do with you.

I don't know if I ever really get mad in real life.