Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.

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.

A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.

I wish I had been more self-aware earlier, but I think that just comes with age.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

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

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.

People seem to know more about me than I do.

Self knowledge is always bad news.

That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, ''Know thyself,'' and too often leads to a self- estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident.

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you.

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.

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

A mind might ponder its thought for an epoch, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day.

It is a whole lot easier to see our problems in others than it is to see them in ourselves.

To know one’s own state is not a simple matter. One cannot look directly at one’s own face with one’s own eyes, for example. One has no choice but to look at one’s reflection in the mirror. Through experience, we come to believe that the image is correct, but that is all.

If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities for observation.

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

Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.

No matter where you go, you always see yourself in the rearview mirror.

The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth.

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.