Robert Henri Quotes

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.

I think over time you learn to know a bit more about yourself - you develop a certain amount of self-insight and self-awareness, and you know what you can absorb, and what you cannot; what gets to you and what doesn't.

Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

I've always been a very self-aware person.

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

Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves.

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

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

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.

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

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

The knowledge of self is the most important thing, because how are you going to know God if you don't know yourself? How are you going to know anything if you don't know yourself?

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

Self-knowledge is an anchor that makes unpredictability tolerable.

It's been one of the most important tools for me in personal growth for understanding myself, how I am, and what effect I do have on other people.

It's really about connecting to your own humanity and your own behaviors, and getting to a level of self-awareness so that you can have perspective and step outside of yourself and transform and become another person.

The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.