K Quotes
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“Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.”
“Know thyself and you will discover the hidden truth that lies beyond the illusions of your thoughts and beliefs.”
Source: Perceptions From the Photon Frequency: the ascended version
“Know thyself as the pride of His creation, the link uniting divinity and matter; behold a part of God Himself within thee; remember thine own dignity nor dare descend to evil or meanness.”
“Know thyself because what else is there to know?”
“Know Thyself,' Dorian says. [...]
'That's half the Rawlins family motto,' Zachary says.
'What's the other half?'
'And Learn to Suffer.”
Source: The Starless Sea
“Know thyself,
Live thyself,
Be thyself,
Love thyself
Mix Pages , The wind that found ink: A journey of thoughts”
Source: Mix Pages: The Wind That Found Ink: a Journey of Thoughts Volume 1
“Know thyself': long enough has that poor 'self' of thine tormented thee; thou wilt never get to 'know' it, I believe! Think it not thy business, this knowing of thyself; thou art an unknowable individual: know what thou canst work at; and work at it, like a Hercules! That will be thy better plan.”
“Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.”
“Know thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.”
“Know thyself! This is the source of all wisdom, said the great thinkers of the past, and the sentence was written in golden letters on the temple of the gods. To know himself, Linnæus declared to be the essential indisputable distinction of man above all other creatures. I know, indeed, in study nothing more worthy of free and thoughtful man than the study of himself. For if we look for the purpose of our existence, we cannot possibly find it outside ourselves. We are here for our own sake.”
“Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.”
Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,
“Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.”
“Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.”
“Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.”
Source: Modern Painters
“Know thyself, or at least keep renewing the acquaintance.”
“Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.”
Source: Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd
“Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]”
“Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.”
“Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.”
“Know thyself. Know the customer. Innovate.”
“Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self.”
“Know thyself; this is the great object.”
“Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.”
“Know truth. Respect facts. Doubt opinions. Reject lies.”
“Know verily that the purpose underlying all these symbolic terms and abstruse allusions, which emanate from the revealers of Gods holy cause, hath been to test and prove the peoples of the world; that thereby the earth of the pure and illuminated hearts may be known from the perishable and barren soil.”
“Know we how many tomorrows the gods intend for our todays.”
“Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward”
“Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
“Know what [drug] you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience.”
“Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him.”
“Know what a sucker’s gap is? It’s when there’s a brief break in the weather. The shit stuff goes away and the sun shines. Everyone thinks the worst is over, but soon the shit is back, twice as bad.”
Source: Prohibition A
“Know what an optimist is, Major? A pessimist without much experience.”
Source: The Embassy House
“Know what Freud wrote in his diary when he was 77? "What do women want? My God, what do they want?" Fifty years this giant brain spends analyzing women. And he still can't find out what they want. So this makes him the world's greatest expert on female psychology?”
“Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.”
“Know what I am, so when I flirt and smile and play with you, you’ll know exactly what my intentions are. ... I can not be owned or possessed. I will stray. I always stray.”
Source: Broken
“Know what I mean? Eh, eh, Nudge nudge, Say no more?”
“Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place.”
Source: Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition
“Know what is evil, no matter how worshipped it may be. Let the man of sense not mistake it, even when clothed in brocade, or at times crowned in gold, because it cannot thereby hide its hypocrisy, for slavery does not lose its infamy, however noble the master.”
“Know what is important for you to attain great success, and prioritize it among your other plans.”
Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
“Know what it is that you are trying to find out.”
“Know what it is the emotional statement to convey, and use taste and judgement to help the actors give their best possible performance.”
“Know what makes a sentence more than a random list, practice constructing sentences and explaining what you have done, and you will know how to make sentences forever and you will know too when what you are writing doesn't make the grade because it has degenerated into a mere pile of discrete items.”
“Know what matters most to you and be unwilling to compromise those priorities at almost any price.”
Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“Know what people love to eat, prepare it yourself with love and serve them”
“Know what's worse than imaginary, Leon?"
"What?"
"Half-imaginary.”
“Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.”
“Know what the best thing about insomnia is? That I get to stay up all night figuring it out.”
“Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits - 25 hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points. There's six months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week - just one - you get a ground ball with eyes, you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week ... and you're in Yankee Stadium.”
“Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.”
Source: The Art Spirit
“Know what the other person dreams of, and we can decide whether or not we want to fulfil those desires.”
Source: The Erotic Notebooks