Man Know Thyself Quotes

#1. Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.

Pythagoras

#2. The body is the house of God. That is why it is said "Man know thyself".

Unknown

#3. You know, there're no rules between Russell and I. We don't want to have to have to talk too much, because it's really precious, really special to play music.

Benny Green

#4. Over the entrance to the temple at Delphi was a famous inscription: KNOW THYSELF! It reminded visitors that man must never believe himself to be more than mortal - and that no man can escape his destiny.

Jostein Gaarder

#5. Knowledge can be acquired by a suitable and complete study, no matter what the starting point is. Only one must know how to 'learn.' What is nearest to us is man; and you are the nearest of all men to yourself. Begin with the study of yourself; remember the saying 'Know thyself.

G.I. Gurdjieff

#6. Know thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.

Alexander Pope

#7. A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#8. Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God's debtor.

Saint Augustine

#9. ... walk in the footprints of his ancestors. This land is a museum of man's ancient history. The American has gone to the moon and found dust, he's going farther away to look for other planets, very good. But know thyself first. That is what I would tell my American friend.

Tsegaye Gebre Medhin

#10. if the "Know thyself" of the oracle were an easy thing for every man, it would not be held to be a divine injunction.

Plutarch

#11. He became fubar in the classic way, which is to say that he was the victim of a temporary arrangement that became permanent.

Kurt Vonnegut

#12. You must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings.

James M. Kouzes

#13. We all have the potential to commit the crime. We chose not to. Every single day, we chose not to. I am no different

David Levithan

#14. The source of man is in man,and when a man dies,millions of men die in him.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#15. I had lots of books, most of them nonfiction, because I'd always felt that in nonfiction, specifically in the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, and theology, I might find clues about ways to live my life.

Lauren Slater

#16. Why seeketh thou revenge, O man! with what purpose is it that thou pursuest it? Thinkest thou to pain thine adversary by it? Know that thou thyself feelest its greatest torments.

Akhenaton

#17. The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Adam Smith

#18. Our money was stretched as tight as a high wire,

Kiera Cass

#19. He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

Gautama Buddha

#20. I cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I! "Not of the importance you suppose," Replies a Flea upon his nose; "Be humble, learn thyself to scan; Know, pride was never made for man.

John Gay

#21. ..they all emulated and admired and were students of Spartan education, could tell their wisdom was of this sort by the brief but memorable remarks they each uttered when they met, writing what is on every man's lips: Know thyself, and Nothing too much.

Plato

#22. No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

Pythagoras

#23. A wise man was once asked what was the most difficult truth in life to uncover. His reply was: 'to know thyself'.

Jean Sasson

#24. This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation.

Aleister Crowley