Andrea Dworkin Quotes

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge.

My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more.

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.

The school of relationships is where you learn self-knowledge. I just don't know how you could learn it sitting alone in the desert on a rock by yourself. You have to see where you fail at it. And that confrontation with your own ability - "I was again not able to love" - those are the teachable moments.

Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.

All types of knowledge, ultimately mean self knowledge.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge makes me happy.

If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I change; for I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed. But he is harmed who abideth on still in his deception and ignorance.

You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you feel that rush. In the same way, I think the more you know about love, the more you can enjoy it. And knowing about your personality type, who you are and what kind of person you're dealing with gives you a great leg up.

One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

Acting requires a lot of discipline to go with the obsession. It's a path of knowledge, and of self-knowledge. Sometimes you get lost on the path. And then you find yourself again.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

When I was younger, I felt it essential to see every movie ever made. Now I feel as though I've got to read every book, see every art show, watch every play and opera and concert and so on. It does not end, and of course there is truth in the old cliche that the more one knows, the more one realizes one knows nothing at all.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.

The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge.

Tell me who I am. (29)

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

Each human being can at once be a fighter and forgiver. When self-doubt tortures him, he most play the role of a fighter. And when his own ignorance humiliates him, he must play the role of a forgiver.

Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what to seek and what to avoid. For the rest, man is a confused creature; he knows not whence he comes or whither he goes, he knows little of the world, and above all, he knows little of himself.