Quotes about Self-discovery

Often the greatest poverty comes when we fail to realize what we have, just as the greatest deception comes when we do not know who we are.

Society does not exist for itself, but for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, but to find himself.

Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.

If I only knew who in fact I am, I should cease to behave as what I think I am; and if I stopped behaving as what I think I am, I should know who I am.

It is because we don't know who we are, because we are unaware that the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, that we behave in the generally silly, the often insane, and sometime criminal ways that are so characteristically human.

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

It's ironic that we rush through being "single" as if it's some disease or malady to get rid of or overcome. The truth is, most likely, one day you will meet someone and it will be gone. And once it's gone, it's really gone! Why does no one tell us how important it is to enjoy being single and being by yourself? That time is defining and amazing and nothing to "sure". It is being alone that will actually set you up the best for being with someone else.

Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.