Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

We must be our own authentically unique truth, and question who we are, what created us, and what processes within us are alien and externally created.

You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.

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

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.

The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

I don't know if I'm very complicated at all. I wish I was. I wish I was one of these deep, intricate people. But I just love having fun really.

One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself.

I think I'm pretty self-aware.

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.

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.

All good work requires self-revelation.

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

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

Don't be fooled by your own wisdom

It's just a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself.

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

To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life.

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.

The moment it begins to question itself, the mind becomes so clear that it starts working with itself rather than with the body's identification.

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.

I find myself fascinating.

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.