self-awareness Quotes

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.

We are wiser than we know.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Money often costs too much.

We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.

I am in denial about sport. I refuse to accept that I watch it. I am not the kind of man who watches sport.

I don't look at my work in a critical or analytical way; I just don't think of myself objectively. It doesn't interest me.