Saint Bernard Quotes

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

He who knows himself is enlightened.

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.

Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

Begin within. If it shows up in your life, it's coming to tell you something about you that you're acting like you don't know. Something about yourself, or your relationship with God.

If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

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.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

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

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

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?

The well of your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away from yourself and to look toward Him.

To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all.

To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is.

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.