Carl Jung
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
"Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something."
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Know Yourself
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosopher, Speaker
"Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction, and certainly not in isolation."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosopher, Speaker
"So you have to be your own teacher and your own disciple, and there is no teacher outside, no saviour, no master; you yourself have to change, and therefore you have to learn to observe, to know yourself. This learning about yourself is a fascinating and joyous business."
Michelle Obama
Lawyer, Author, First Lady
"To me, with age, everything has gotten better. You have way more control; you know yourself better."
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"You never really know yourself until you see yourself under pressure."
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"All your life you compare and contrast, explore and search. But knowing yourself well is, well, elusive."
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"No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don't wait for someone else"
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"I am only a public entertainer who understands his time."
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"Without knowing yourself, there is no peace."
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"First know yourself, then you will begin to understand why things are as they are, and why life is as it is."
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"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all."
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"You would be amazed at who people are once you know yourself."
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"Before you can come to know your purpose, you must come to know yourself."
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"To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think."
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"I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly."
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"you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits"
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"If you are never alone you cannot know yourself. And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void."
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"Nobody knows you. You don't know yourself. And I, who am half in love with you, What am I in love with? My own imaginings?"
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"If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself."
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"I know that you know but you do not know that you really do not know - know yourself. Look within and get to know yourself better."
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"To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened."
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"The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth."
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"I don't think anybody should get married before they're 30. You're too young to really know yourself."
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