Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Know thyself.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

I think life is about growing into yourself and getting to like that person.

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

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

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

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

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

I don't see in myself any perfection.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

He who knows himself best esteems himself least.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.