Plato
Philosopher
"The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge."
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Self Knowledge
33 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Bruce Lee
Martial Artist, Actor, Director
"I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized."
Bruce Lee
Martial Artist, Actor, Director
"All knowledge leads to self-knowledge."
John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God."
Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
"Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry."
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"All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge."
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"I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become."
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"After all, all knowledge simply means self-knowledge."
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"Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I'm not what I'd like to be."
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"A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool."
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"The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is."
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