Quotes with self-knowledge

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  • Bhagavad Gita There is no purifier like knowledge in this world:
    time makes man find himself in his heart.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • James Russell Lowell There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • George Shinn There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.
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  • Toni Morrison There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Martin Luther King There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth losing a job for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Napoleon Hill There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Aldous Huxley There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Socrates There is only one good - knowledge; and only one evil - ignorance.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Erica Jong There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.
    Erica Jong
    American author (1942 - )
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  • Hermann Hesse There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.
    Hermann Hesse
    German-Swiss writer, poet and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1946) (1877 - 1962)
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  • Sir Walter Scott There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Charles Dudley Warner There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.
    Charles Dudley Warner
    American writer (1829 - 1900)
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  • Carrie Fisher There were days I could barely struggle into a size 46 or 48, months of larges and XXLs, and endless rounds of leggings with the elastic at the waist stretched to its limit and beyond - topped with the fashion equivalent of a tea cozy. And always black, because I was in mourning for my slimmer self.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Bill James There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, he says, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.
    The Mind of Bill James, 2006, p. 191
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
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  • Ben Carson There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Seneca There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude - confidence in self.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Aldous Huxley There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Caroline Knapp These are big trade-offs for a simple piece of cake - add five hundred calories, subtract well-being, allure, and self-esteem - and the feelings behind them are anything but vain or shallow.
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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