Richard Holloway Quotes

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

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

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

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

It's not like I have all the answers.

I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.

I don't find myself intriguing.

I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself, and challenge yourself; it's important to do that.

There isn't really a whole lot to know about me.

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.

We need wisdom the most when we believe in it the least.

A man who has humility will have acquired in the last reaches of his beliefs the saving doubt of his own certainty.

[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 . . .

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

I find myself fascinating.

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

My personality doesn't interest me.