100 Quotes About Knowledge Of Self

These quotes about knowledge-of-self show that you can achieve great things if you remain true to yourself. According to the great Greek philosophers, the human soul is divine, and it is our duty to preserve it. They believed that by seeking self-knowledge we would find true happiness. So, whether you’re experiencing a tough time or just want to refresh your outlook on life, these quotes about knowledge-of-self will help you become better.

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Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHTand knowledge, and by learning the lessons that areacculated along the way. We become each and every piece within the game called life! Allan Rufus
Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth. Strength born of...
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Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth. Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate. Aberjhani
Life is like a sandwich! Birth as one slice, and...
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Life is like a sandwich! Birth as one slice, and death as the other. What you put in-between the slices is up to you. Is your sandwich tasty or sour? Allan Rufus.org Allan Rufus
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When you know the knower within, you don't need to know further. When you know the meditator within, you don't need to meditate further. When you truly know the worshiper in you, you are to be worshiped. Amit Ray
How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less...
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How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses Germany Kent
The only recourse for an escape artist from world affairs...
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The only recourse for an escape artist from world affairs is to explore their inner sanctum where hopes, dreams, insecurities, and despair collide. Kilroy J. Oldster
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I'm everything that you're not. Ahmed Mostafa
I realized that the knowledge I gained over this period...
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I realized that the knowledge I gained over this period in my life was power, and it felt like a waste not to share that wealth with the world, with people who could benefit, Andrew Kendall
Your own shortcomings are the best ground to grow your...
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Your own shortcomings are the best ground to grow your sense of humor. Stu Konigsberg
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In the world of personal development and spiritual growth, a seeker embarks on a path of self-discovery and self-improvement. A seeker desires to discover knowledge and use an enhanced level of personal awareness to alter their behavior, opinions, beliefs, and point of view in order to experience reality in a different and more wholesome manner than the prior path that lead to self-rejection. Kilroy J. Oldster
There is a fine line between stubbornness and stupidity as...
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There is a fine line between stubbornness and stupidity as well as intensity and insanity. Brittany Burgunder
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I spent most of my life trying to specialize myself. I went to theater school, film school, music school, mime school ... Finally, I was able to gather enough knowledge to build the confidence to create my own work, that goes utterly against the sense of specialization. Nuno Roque
Self-knowledge is the greatest kind of knowledge.
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Self-knowledge is the greatest kind of knowledge. Abhijit Naskar
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What is the value and worth of knowledge? My teachings have taught me that many will die for lack of knowledge. If knowledge and mindset are key ingredients to life - why do some reject it? Remove know from knowledge and you are standing on the ledge. When are we going to rescue ourselves from the ledge? Unknown
We are here on planet Earth to learn lessons and...
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We are here on planet Earth to learn lessons and to grow in loving knowledge. Pamela Cummins
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You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails! Amaka Imani Nkosazana
People who give the best are those who give of...
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People who give the best are those who give of themselves — your time, talents, words, knowledge. Omoakhuana Anthonia
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Using reason without applying it to experience only leads to theoretical illusions. Ideas derived from real world experiences lead to acquisition of knowledge, and the accumulation of time-tested principles leads to wisdom. Kilroy J. Oldster
As long as one sees faults with the world, he...
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As long as one sees faults with the world, he prevails in the knowledge of the senses. The inner purification has not yet occurred in him. Dada Bhagwan
A person may learn things all their life, but never...
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A person may learn things all their life, but never gain knowledge of truth. Amaka Imani Nkosazana
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On building homes for fallen angels: When I was small - I sought a home, a place to go and rest my bones. Then founded something, of my own, I lived among the restless stones. If seeking leads you back to evil, what good is that, I asked a weevil. He said a home is what you make, it can't be real, if it is fake.. And if you wait instead of seek, will you find love, or something bleak? I know (myself) for I have found, a beauty, hidden — in a sound. Waiting is boring. And so is exploring. A smile is sometimes all it takes. And then your whole world simply breaks. Will Advise
The greatest education is the knowledge of God. God gives...
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The greatest education is the knowledge of God. God gives life, strength and wisdom for every accomplishment. Lailah Gifty Akita
A huge part of recovery and life -is slowing down...
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A huge part of recovery and life -is slowing down and accepting the un K N O W N. This is how you get to KNOW —yourself. Brittany Burgunder
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There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life. Kilroy J. Oldster
Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your...
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Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, your attitude and your day. Don’t give anyone that much power over your life. Germany Kent
Consciousness cannot be glimpsed as though it were something outside...
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Consciousness cannot be glimpsed as though it were something outside yourself, because it is you. Belsebuub
When is one considered a vitarag (free of attachment)? It...
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When is one considered a vitarag (free of attachment)? It is when he has no fear of anything in this world. Dada Bhagwan
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Personal experiences that disrupt stale routines result in the phenomena of cognitive dissiliency, jolting our minds and enhancing our ability to internalizing new information. Kilroy J. Oldster
Homes are built on the foundation of wisdomand understanding.
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Homes are built on the foundation of wisdomand understanding. Ikechukwu Joseph
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Dharma (function or properties) of the mind, dharma of the intellect, dharma of the chit, dharma of the ego — when all these dharma and the dharma of the Self (Soul) come into their own dharma (functions); that is known as Gnan (Knowledge of Self). And if we (self) insist upon any one’s dharma; it becomes ignorance (agnan). Dada Bhagwan
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When a man’s trust is violated, he will leave even his friend. Hey, you shouldn’t leave him! There is the energy of the absolute Self within and if the knowledge of the Self is attained, one may even attain the state of the absolute- Self! Dada Bhagwan
Knowledge that brings closure [settlement] to the mind in every...
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Knowledge that brings closure [settlement] to the mind in every way is Absolute Knowledge and it indeed is the all encompassing Knowledge that always gives complete closure [settlement, solutions]. Dada Bhagwan
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One is said to be enlightened with the Right Knowledge when his conduct is appropriate in any situation. Dada Bhagwan
One who does wrong is considered illusioned (mithyatvi - ignorance...
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One who does wrong is considered illusioned (mithyatvi - ignorance of the Self). One who does right is considered enlightened (samkit). Dada Bhagwan
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Worshipping ‘Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] is equal to worshiping the Pure Soul and it is indeed same as the worship of absolute supreme Self (Parmatma). And it is the main cause for moksha [final liberation]. Dada Bhagwan
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What is the nature of the Self (Soul)? To ‘see’ the dharma (function) of everything, to see ‘who is performing what function, and how that function is being performed.’ To ‘see’ it, is called the function of the Self (Soul). Dada Bhagwan
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Why is there so much problem just to know one’s own Soul? The Soul resides in one’s own abode (body), but one doesn’t know it and then he says, ‘I know this and I know that so’. Instead why don’t you get to know your own ‘Self’? Dada Bhagwan
One enjoyed the mental pleasures through ignorance (of the Self),...
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One enjoyed the mental pleasures through ignorance (of the Self), and that is cause of the worldly life. Only the bliss of the ‘Knowledge’ [of the Soul, one’s True Self] is to be enjoyed. Dada Bhagwan
Once the bliss of the Soul (Self) is attained, it...
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Once the bliss of the Soul (Self) is attained, it never leaves you. Bliss of the Soul (Self) is eternal. Dada Bhagwan
What does ‘experience of the soul’ mean? It is a...
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What does ‘experience of the soul’ mean? It is a state of constant eternal bliss. Dada Bhagwan
Who am I?’- Not knowing this is the greatest death...
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Who am I?’- Not knowing this is the greatest death to the Soul (one’s own self)! Dada Bhagwan
Samkit’ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self).
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Samkit’ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self). Dada Bhagwan
To ‘us’, nothing except the Soul (Atma) is beautiful, and...
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To ‘us’, nothing except the Soul (Atma) is beautiful, and there is indeed no such thing as bad in this world. Bad is to deviate from one’s own ‘boundary’ (to not remain as the Self). Dada Bhagwan
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When unity of the mind, speech and body occurs, God has called that the ‘foremost’ religion. If they do not remain in unison, you should maintain the intent of ‘I want to keep them in unison’; then some day it will come into fruition if this resolve is there. Dada Bhagwan
Natural Self is the Soul and illusion is the relative...
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Natural Self is the Soul and illusion is the relative self [prakruti]. Dada Bhagwa
The Soul’s doership has arisen due to ignorance. Because of...
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The Soul’s doership has arisen due to ignorance. Because of this, the inner working components of antaskaran [mind, intellect, chitta and ego] have arisen, and so has the relative-self [prakruti]. Dada Bhagwan
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Once you understand the innate nature (relative self, prakruti) of the other person, you can remain in an attachment-free state with that person. It is Knowledge (Gnan) to understand the innate nature of a person, and once Knowledge arises, so will conduct. Dada Bhagwan
He who can see his own mistake can become absolute...
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He who can see his own mistake can become absolute supreme Self (Parmatma)! Dada Bhagwa
Once a person starts seeing his own mistakes, he starts...
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Once a person starts seeing his own mistakes, he starts to become Parmatma, (absolute supreme Self)! Dada Bhagwan
As long as one finds faults with the world, he...
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As long as one finds faults with the world, he won’t be able to find anything about the Soul (Self). He who sees his own faults is the Soul (Self) himself! Dada Bhagwan
When one sees one’s own faults, he attains a state...
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When one sees one’s own faults, he attains a state of an abode of Self-illuminated Bliss! Dada Bhagwan
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Even a child cannot sit here without support. Some support will be necessary. No one can live without the support from the material world. After getting the support from one’s own Soul, one doesn’t need the support from the material world. ‘He’ will then become independent [support-free]. Dada Bhagwan
Keep one goal only and that is ‘to know thy...
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Keep one goal only and that is ‘to know thy Self [Soul]’. Do not be insistent about ‘I want to do this and do that’. Whatever happens, at whatever time, is correct. Dada Bhagwan
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A person does not reach the pinnacle of self-realization without relentlessly exploring the parameters of the self, exhausting their psychic energy coming to know oneself. Without society to rebel against and to sail away from, there would be no advances in civilization; there would be no need for healers and mystics, priests and artist, or shaman and writers. It is our curiosity and refusal to be satisfied with the status quo that compels us to challenge ourselves to learn and continue to grow. We only establish inner peace of mind with acceptance of the world, with the recognition of our connection to the entirety of the universe, and understanding that chaos and change are inevitable. We must also love because without love there are no acts of creation. Without love, humankind is a spasmodic pool of brutality and suffering. Love is a balm. It cures human aches and pains; it unites couples, families, and cultures. Love is a creative force, without love there is no art or religion. Art expresses thought and feelings, an articulation of adore and reverence. . Kilroy J. Oldster
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The belief of Gnan (Knowledge of the Self) is known as samkit (Right belief). Ignorant belief is known as mithyatva (illusion). Dada Bhagwan
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The Right Knowledge reduces pain-and-suffering, and increases happiness. If we fall short of having acquired the Right Knowledge, the faults is ours’, isn’t it? Dada Bhagwan
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If there is wrong [ill] on the inside, the outside will appear wrong. Therefore, you should inquire within ‘why am I bothered, when others are not? So there must be wrong within me only. Dada Bhagwan
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Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] has the [knowledge of the- Self] essence of all religions. Dada Bhagwan
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What is the difference between aradhana (worship) and bhajana (to be one with)? Aradhana (worship) means the attention will go over and over again there, and bhajana (oneness) means continuous engrossment. One is to do aradhana (worship) and bhajana (oneness) for only one’s own Self; everything else will carry on naturally. Dada Bhagwan
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The way in which the twists were entangled to knot up the mind-speech-body and the innate nature (relative self, prakruti), is the manner in which they will be untwisted. Dada Bhagwan
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Prakruti [the relative self, innate nature] has opinions and may store them but we should stay in an opinion-free state. ‘We’ are separate and the relative self is separate from us. ‘We’ should play our part as a separate entity. We shouldn’t get involved with those problems. Dada Bhagwan
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If one knows how to ‘digest’ an insult after attaining Self-realization, he will become a ‘Gnani’ [the enlightened one]. And if he ‘digests’ an insult before attaining Self-realization, he will become shameless (impudent). Dada Bhagwan
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All those minds that are interested in finding out the truth communicate with each other across the distances of space and time. I, too, was taking part in the effort which humanity makes to know. Simone De Beauvoir
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The purpose of life is to become acquainted with the deepest recesses of a person’s own mind by reflecting upon what a person reads, witnesses, and personally experiences. Wisdom is a form of power. Lacking knowledge of the world and without comprehending the essence of humanity, we can never know the truth of our own being. Kilroy J. Oldster
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Without making mistakes, there won't be lessons learned. Without getting hurt, there won't be knowledge gained. The only way we grow is by learning from the past. Always be willing to learn and grow daily. It's how we come to know who we are and what we are made of. Kemi Sogunle
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Follow the path that leads to understanding. Only then, will you illuminate the way for others. Once you open your mind and gain knowledge, truth, you'll leave the darkness and enter into the light of wisdom. Amaka Imani Nkosazana
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I wish you allan ego freedriven day! Allan Rufus
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Note to Self — Thoughts design my energy! Mythoughts W I L Ldesign the energythat movesme! Allan Rufus
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Hard work does not go unnoticed, and someday the rewards will follow Allan Rufus
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Note and Quote to Self — What you think, say and do! Your life mainly consists of 3 things! What you think, What you say and What you do! So always be very conscious of what you are co-creating! Allan Rufus
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NOTE TO SELF — BOOMERANG EFFECTMy words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out! Allan Rufus
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Unless we take that first step into the unknown, we will never know our own potential! Allan Rufus
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Quotes and notes to self — Find your inner peace! Don’tbe caught up in your outer world. Paygreater attention to your inner world Allan Rufus
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Quotes and notes to self- Divine and Unique PowerFind out what my Individual Divineand Unique PowerISand offer it outwardsin harmonywith all life! Allan Rufus
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Enlightenment is the Goal - Love is the Game - Taking steps are the rules! - Allan Rufus Allan Rufus
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The most incredible architecture Is the architecture of Self, which is ever changing, evolving, revolving and has unlimited beauty and light inside which radiates outwards for everyone to see and feel. With every in breatheyou are adding to your lifeand every out breathe you are releasing what is not contributing to your life. Every breathe is a re-birth. Allan Rufus
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When thinking is overrated And friends are easy to make, Check if it's too complicated Knowing yourself somehow... Inner peace's not hard to take, Never lost or underestimated. Get out of social media... NOW! Ana Claudia Antunes
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Simple minded people do things like gossip, lie, spread rumors, and cause troubles. But, I know you're more intelligent. Amaka Imani Nkosazana
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Somewhere, somebody is looking for someone exactly like you. Germany Kent
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In order for your wit to be appreciated, the people around you need to be witty, too. In order for your lightness of being to be appreciated, those around you must be vibrating towards the same weightlessness. In order for your beauty to be appreciated, those around you must have eyes that see beauty. For your authenticity to be appreciated, those who see it must also be authentic. For your humility to be appreciated, those you are dealing with must first know humility in their hearts. You see, you have spent too much time trying to be appreciated by those who are not good enough to appreciate you. That's the truth. Those who are better than they, will see you for the beauty that you are. C. Joybell C.
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Many people who think they know do not know what they know and only know what they do not know Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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In the example of the navigator, no writing was essential to draw the meaning of observing the object at a distance from the ship. In the real theobservation has been noted and that is enough to give it a meaning, a subjective meaning, a meaning exclusively important for the navigator himself. Anuradha Bhattacharyya
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Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are. Aberjhani
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The New Your energy goes beyond anything you'll find anywhere else. It's too much for some people and it grinds them down, but it lifts up and animates the rest of us. Lawrence Block
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The world of possibilities surround you, if thy will look. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Don’t be the person who has an overflowing cup of knowledge but an inactive state of action. That serves no-one, that serves no purpose. Tony Curl
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To be sure, I had, and have, spent the better part of my post-college life growing up in the public eye, with my shameful warts, big and ugly, looming there for the world to see; and it has been a mighty battle trying to be a man, a Black man, a human being, a responsible and consistent human being, as I have interfaced with my past and with my personal demons, with friends and lovers, with enemies and haters. As Tupac Shakur once famously said to me, “There is no placed called careful.” On the one hand, Tupac was right: There is not much room for error in America if you are a Black male in a society ostensibly bent on profiling your every move, eager to capitalize on your falling into this or that trap, particularly keen to swoop down on your self-inflicted mishaps. But by the same token, Tupac was wrong: There can be a place called careful, once one becomes aware of the world one lives in, its potential, its limitations, and if one is willing to struggle to create a new model, some new and alternative space outside and away from the larger universe, where one can be free enough to comprehend that even if the world seems aligned against you, you do not have to give the world the rope to hang you with. Kevin Powell
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How frustrating to think you can be lost to yourself. And yet how often it is that a stranger stares back at you from the mirror. Maybe in truth we never see ourselves as clearly as the thousands of eyes that daily take us in. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Darkness is a knife that peels away the rind of what you think you know about yourself. The shades of your pretenses, the tones of your illusions, the layers of deception that glaze your life into the colors that tint your world—all mean nothing in the darkness. No one can see them, not even you. Darkness hides everything except who you really are Matthew Woodring Stover
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It was almost painful to be different. Shannon A. Thompson
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There had been a time when I owned my life and now I felt like I was coming around to myself again. It's like I've finally discovered bones in myself I never knew I had. I discovered that it takes bravery to be one's self. I now know that the only thing I needed to be afraid of was of not finding my true self and having the courage to be me. Benilde Little
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It's astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself into, if one works at it. And astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself out of, if one simply assumes that everything will, somehow or other, work out for the best." -Destruction Neil Gaiman
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I only accept your mistakes and flaws to the degree that I accept my own. Vironika Tugaleva
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Hang on! God will strength in any act of your pursuit. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Writers use both their blood and their brains to explore the darkest recesses of their pooling self. Writing allows us to harness the whimsy of the collaborative mind and body, pull our tissue apart like taffy, and expose the composition of our life sustaining organs. Telling our personal story forces us to account for any actions that made us laugh, cry, scream and shout, or hide behind a cloak of mootness. Critical examination of the self allows one to disintegrate the envelope of their present personality and make up a new imaging. . Kilroy J. Oldster
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Most people like mirrors; what they do not like, is people, who are mirrors. Unknown
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I can hardly keep track of the things I don't know, but every now and then comes an ignorance that makes me nostalgic. Erri De Luca
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Understand and value ur minute. God increase my value Ikechukwu Joseph
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As children play games with imaginary things, initially a seeker indulges in little things. So simple people believe in simple things. Fakeer Ishavardas
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Emotional position is part of it, but as an individual you are not your emotions, neither are you your intellect. These are things that you have . They're not things that you are . Therefore you have to start to become aware of the different requirements that human beings have, the different areas that they like to be satisfied in. Which means becoming aware of yourself. I mean, as a writer you're gonna have to understand pretty much the whole universe. But the best place to start is by understanding the inner universe. The entire universe — for one thing — only exists in your perceptions. That's all you're gonna see of it. To all practical intents and purposes this is purely some kind of lightshow that's being put on in the kind of neurons in our brain. The whole of reality. So. To understand the universe there's worse advice than that which was carved above the shrine of the Delphi oracle. Where it just said: “Know thyself”. Understand yourself. Know thyself is a magical goal, but like I say to me there is very little difference between magic and creative art in any sense — the laws of one apply perfectly well to the other. . Alan Moore