Havelock Ellis Quotes

I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

A fool always accuses other people; a partially wise man himself; a wholly wise man, neither himself nor others.

It's so empowering to know the truth and to really understand something.

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.

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

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

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.