T. S. Eliot Quotes

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.

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

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?

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

My personality doesn't interest me.

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

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

I try and put myself in other peoples eyes, as I dont feel I've got anything new to say about myself at 23.

I think people will discover themselves in 'Ankahee.'

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

I'm trying to use myself and my own flawedness as a metaphor for general human experience. I'm trying to 'stand next to' a subject, whether it's Bobby Knight or Vince Carter, and use that subject to meditate on both him and me.

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.

Well, it's probably not something I'm conscious of, but I do gravitate towards characters that are kind of like me.

If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.

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

Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.

I think I would envy me too, if I didn't know me better.

I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.

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

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.

It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.