Best Discovering Self Quotes

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I write to discover what I think.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.

The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

One’s own self is well hidden from one’s own self; of all mines of treasure, one’s own is the last to be dug up.

Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore.

There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you’ve grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.

Tell me who you walk with, and I’ll tell you who you are.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

For most men, life is a search for the proper Manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.

Nail me to my car and I’ll tell you who you are

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.