I don’t know what understanding myself is. I don’t look inside. I don’t believe I exist behind myself.

Alberto Caeiro
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To understand yourself is to give yourself the power to be who you are and not let others define what is right and wrong for you. You can think of your own thoughts and ideas, and you can find out what your values are. You can do the things that make you happy and you can even create new ways to express yourself. This is what understanding yourself means: finding the power to be yourself and expressing yourself in a way that makes you feel good.

Source: Selected Poems By Fernando Pessoa,: Including Poems By His Heteronyms: Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis And Alvaro De Campos, As Well As Some Of His Eng

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