Baltasar Gracian Quotes

If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they're not self-aware, I think it's harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are.

The real preparation for education is the study of one's self.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.

Self knowledge is always bad news.

Even with limited intelligence, knowing oneself is not as difficult as some say, but to act according to what one has realized about oneself in real life is as difficult as practicing anything else, compared to theory.

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge.

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

One of my problems is to find the self.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

I'm always consciously trying to make what I feel is missing.

I just want to be the greatest man that I can be while I'm alive, and in that, you have to find the truth. Find the hard truth about yourself.

The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.

The most important thing about a person is that you know who you are and what you want. You should be capable of introspection and evaluate yourself.

Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter.