Wyndham Lewis Quotes

The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge.

Self knowledge is always bad news.

How easy it is to be "deep": all you have to do is let yourself sink into your own flaws.

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.

I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.

Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror.

It takes an honest look to observe our selves without judgment, and then to do something about it. Observing without judgment is the practice of yoga. Doing something about it is the stuff that makes up your life.

The outer world is a reflection of our inner selves.

Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.

My personality doesn't interest me.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.

I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

I feel that as long as you're honest, you have the opportunity to grow. It's when you shut down, go into denial, and try to start hiding things from yourself and others, that's when you lock in certain behaviors and attitudes that keep you stuck.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

Facts make you face stuff about yourself you'd rather not see.

I do know that it takes a lot to look in that mirror and fix yourself.

Sometimes I feel drawn to writing about my shortcomings because I'm chock full of them.