Mary Astell Quotes

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

I'm always consciously trying to make what I feel is missing.

I think you're always trying to figure yourself out and mistakes that you've made.

Spend time in your head and figure yourself out. Start taking note of all the things you do that you don't like, and then you're more conscious of it, and you learn.

Identify your painful thought, question it, and wake yourself up. No one else can.

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

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.

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.

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.

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

When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

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

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

Half my life is an act of revision.

My personality doesn't interest me.

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

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly.

Anybody can get lost in themselves.