"An unexamined life is not worth living."

— Socrates

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."

— Alan Watts

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are."

— Anaïs Nin

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

— Marcus Aurelius

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

— William Shakespeare

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."

— Lao Tzu

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

— Aristotle

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool."

— Richard Feynman

"The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others."

— Erik Erikson

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

— Rumi

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

— Joseph Campbell