Quotes about Self-awareness

You are constantly invited to be what you are.

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.

All the mistakes I make arise from forsaking my own station and trying to see the object from another person's point of view.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth in him, if he rests at last on the divine soul, I see not how it can be otherwise. The last chamber, the last closet, he must feel, was never opened; there is always a residuum unknown, unanalyzable. That is, every man believes that he has a greater possibility.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him

Why should I vapor and play the philosopher, instead of ballasting, the best I can, this dancing balloon?

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Matthew 23:12).