Ani DiFranco Quotes

If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking.

I've spent my life cultivating knowledge of myself. But the more I know myself, the more utterly mysterious I become.

Self-knowledge is not the knowledge of a dead self, self-knowledge is the knowledge of the process of the self. It is an alive phenomenon. The self is not a thing, it is an event, it is a process. Never think in terms of things, the self is not there inside you just like a thing waiting in your room. The self is a process: changing, moving, arriving at new altitudes, moving into new planes, going deeper into new depths. Each moment much work is going on and the only way to encounter this self is to encounter it in relationship.

One of my problems is to find the self.

I don't make changes to confuse anyone. I'm just searching. That's what causes me to change. I'm just searching for myself.

I like when people know exactly, have a good sense of themselves, and know exactly what's good for them, I admire that, but I don't have anywhere near that kind of perspective on my own.

I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Let me tell you a secret: there is no such thing as an uninteresting life One day you must tell me your full and complete story, unabridged and unexpurgated.We will set aside some time for it, and meet. It's very important. Maneck smiled. 'Why is it important?' It's extremely important because it helps to remind yourself of who you are. Then you can go forward, without fear of losing yourself in this ever-changing world.

I think this is what college is all about: self-examination and dealing with those questions of "Who am I?"

I would rather be an expert on me than on Cicero

To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.

Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.

We read books to find out who we are.

My personality doesn't interest me.

People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Figure out who you are.

Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me.

I'm asked all the time in interviews about who I am, and I know a few people my age who have a strong sense of self, but I couldn't say I know myself and sum it up and give it to you in a little package. I don't know myself at all yet.

Know thyself.

We can't see ourselves very clearly. This I learned as a songwriter. I'm forever trying to figure out what my own truth is.