Henri Barbusse Quotes

If man should commence by studying himself, he would see how impossible it is to go further.

Be an earnest student of yourself. Study your leading desires and tendencies.

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

He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. . . . God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

We are better able to study our neighbours than ourselves, and their actions than our own.

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

I used to be weird about it, but I think sometimes you can learn from watching yourself and all the mistakes you make and try to continue growing. But I'm completely uncomfortable for sure.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action, which is relationship.

Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.

Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all... Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot--or if you do not know how to improve on things--then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.

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.

When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.

My personality doesn't interest me.

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

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

I'm not good at watching myself.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.