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“People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.”

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”

“Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.”

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.”

“All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”

“Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

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

“My hero is me. Why? Because I was a poor little kid who was told, `Hey stupid, can`t you speak English?` Now all those people work for me. Despite whatever circumstances I came across, I was always able to rise to the top and there`s only one way to do that - by being selfish, but also by believing in yourself. Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, `Do or do not. There is no try.”

“Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops - many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans - though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground.”

“Know the enemy and know yourself.”

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”