Quotes about Self-knowledge
I act because it`s the one time I`m sure of my identity. There`s no doubt. It`s on paper.
I have no religion, I am what I am, I am a Rastaman, then this is not religion, this is life.
Our darkest motives will conceal themselves from us, cloak themselves in whatever they must in order to move us to action.
Is not primarily our physical selves that limit us but rather our mindset about our physical limits.
It feels strange, and false, to be 21, and talk about myself as if I have a real concept of who I am.
Our present swarms with traces of our past. We are histories of ourselves, narratives. I am not this momentary mass of flesh reclined on the sofa typing the letter a on my laptop; I am my thoughts full of the traces of the phrases that I am writing; I am my mother`s caresses, and the serene kindness with which my father calmly guided me; I am my adolescent travels; I am what my reading has deposited in layers in my mind; I am my loves, my moments of despair, my friendships, what I`ve written, what I`ve heard; the faces engraved on my memory. I am, above all, the one who a minute ago made a cup of tea for himself. The one who a moment ago typed the word "memory" into his computer. The one who just composed the sentence that I am now completing. If all this disappeared, would I still exist? I am this long, ongoing novel. My life consists of it.
We are for ourselves in large measure what we see and have seen of ourselves reflected back to us by our friends, our loves, and our enemies.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.