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“I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.”
Douglas Adams
Self-knowledge
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Mental State
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Limitations
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Self-awareness
,
Humor
2.
“I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well.”
Michel de Montaigne
Reading
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Pleasure
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Self-knowledge
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Wisdom
,
Life And Death
3.
“No one but yourself knows whether you are cowardly and cruel, or loyal and devout; others do not see you; they surmise you by uncertain conjectures; they perceive not so much your nature as your art.”
Michel de Montaigne
Self-knowledge
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Perception
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Judgment
,
Human Nature
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Appearance
4.
“The most difficult problem in personal knowledge, whether of oneself or of others, is the problem of guessing when to think as a historian and when to think as an anthropologist.”
W.H. Auden
Self-knowledge
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Perspective
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History
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Anthropology
,
Understanding Others
5.
“What is dark within me, illumine.”
John Milton
Enlightenment
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Self-knowledge
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Inner Darkness
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Spiritual Growth
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Divine Guidance
6.
“Be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee and thy being.”
John Milton
Wisdom
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Humility
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Self-knowledge
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Focus
,
Personal Growth
7.
“Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.”
John Milton
Self-knowledge
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Identity
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Wisdom
,
Understanding
,
Introspection
8.
“We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.”
Arthur Conan Doyle
Intuition
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Future
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Self-knowledge
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Human Nature
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Instinct
9.
“If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.”
Aldous Huxley
Self-knowledge
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Pain
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Illusion
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Human Nature
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Psychological Insight
,
Philosophical Observation
10.
“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.”
Aldous Huxley
Identity
,
Behavior
,
Self-knowledge
,
Paradox
,
Philosophical Insight
,
Psychological Observation
11.
“The more a man knows about himself in relation to every kind of experience, the greater his chance of suddenly, one fine morning, realizing who in fact he is.”
Aldous Huxley
Self-knowledge
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Experience
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Realization
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Identity
,
Personal Growth
,
Philosophical Insight
12.
“We can understand one another; but each one is able to explain only himself.”
Hermann Hesse
Understand
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Explain
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Himself
,
Interpersonal Limitations
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Self-knowledge
,
Communication Barriers
13.
“Examine a person closely enough and you know more about him than he does himself.”
Hermann Hesse
Examine
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Know
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Himself
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Interpersonal Insight
,
Self-knowledge
,
Psychological Depth
14.
“It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, unless we know what we ought to be.”
T.S. Eliot
Understand
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Ought
,
Are
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Moral Philosophy
,
Self-knowledge
,
Ethical Reflection
15.
“We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.”
George Eliot
Secret Sins
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Self-Knowledge
,
Harsh Judgment
,
Sins
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Knowledge
,
Judgment
16.
“It wasn’t until I began to work on my inner life and know myself that my life changed. Success really does begin within. The size and quality of your outer life is only limited by the size and quality of your inner life.”
Robin Sharma
Inner Life
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Self-Discovery
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Life Change
,
Self-Knowledge
,
Personal Growth
,
Success
17.
“This very heart which is mine will forever remain indefinable to me. Between the certainty I have of my existence and the content I try to give to that assurance, the gap will never be filled. Forever I shall be a stranger to myself.”
Albert Camus
Personal Reflection
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Self-Knowledge
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Existential Struggle
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Identity
,
Self
,
Truth
18.
“By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.”
William Wordsworth
Solitude
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Self-Reflection
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Inner Strength
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Self-Knowledge
,
Soul
,
Quiet
19.
“When you get to be older, and the concerns of the day have all been attended to, and you turn to the inner life – well, if you don’t know where it is or what it is, you’ll be sorry.”
Joseph Campbell
Inner Life
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Aging Reflection
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Self-Knowledge
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Wisdom
,
Life Lessons
,
Priorities
20.
“Independence comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.”
Beyonce Knowles
Self-Knowledge
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Independence
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Confidence
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Happiness
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Self-Acceptance
,
Empowerment
21.
“I am so looking forward to it. I made sure I had a strong foundation before I became pregnant and I think that’s the most important thing. There were a lot of things that I wanted to do personally so that when the time came, I really knew who I was and could be the best mother.”
Beyonce Knowles
Motherhood
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Personal Growth
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Foundation
,
Parenthood
,
Self-Knowledge
,
Preparation
22.
“Isolation is a way to know ourselves.”
Franz Kafka
Isolation
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Self-Knowledge
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Reflection
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Solitude
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Introspection
,
Understanding
23.
“The one who has a good friend doesn’t need any mirror.”
Rumi
Friendship
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Reflection
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Connection
,
Self-Knowledge
,
Love
,
Trust
24.
“You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don't know the value of your own soul, it's all foolishness.”
Rumi
Soul
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Value
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Self-Knowledge
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Reflection
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Wisdom
,
Self-Worth
25.
“My soul is my guide, for my soul is of that abode. I will not speak of the earthly. I am of the unknown.”
Rumi
Soul’s Guidance
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Inner Wisdom
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Mysticism
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Spirituality
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Self-Knowledge
,
Divine Path
26.
“Stop learning. Start knowing.”
Rumi
Self-Knowledge
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Wisdom
,
Awareness
,
Truth
,
Understanding
,
Transformation
27.
“The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.”
Rumi
Self-Knowledge
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Desire
,
Soul
,
Inner Peace
,
Truth
,
Enlightenment
28.
“You are a volume in the divine book A mirror to the power that created the universe Whatever you want, ask it of yourself Whatever you’re looking for can only be found Inside of you.”
Rumi
Divine Mirror
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Self-knowledge
,
Inner Discovery
,
Soul’s Journey
,
Wisdom
,
Reflection
29.
“Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.”
Simone de Beauvoir
Self-Knowledge
,
Happiness Quest
,
Inner Courage
,
Personal Insight
,
Reflection
,
Fulfillment
30.
“None but a woman can teach the science of herself.”
Jane Austen
Self-knowledge
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Womanhood
,
Identity
,
Self
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Knowledge
,
Identity
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