30 Quotes About The Importance Of Understanding Yourself

Questions such as “why am i here?” and “what is my purpose in life?” run through the minds of thousands of people around the world. This is because life is so much better when you have an understanding of who you really are. You get a clearer picture of where you’re going and you are able to set goals accordingly to what you want to get of life.

If you’re looking for quotes about understanding yourself and your place in the the universe, then there is no better way to gain insights than to read quotes by great thinkers.

There are so many lessons to learn from these quotes. But don’t just take my word for it, try them for yourself!

“‘Know thyself?’ If I knew myself, I’d run away.”– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”– George Moore
“All the wonders you seek are within yourself.”– Sir Thomas Browne
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – C.G. Jung
“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.”– Mark Twain
“I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.”– Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”– Ann Landers
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”– Benjamin Franklin
“There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you’ve grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.”– Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.”– Aldous Huxley
“What I do is the truest mirror of who I am.”– Craig D. Lounsbrough
“You may never live long enough to discover who you are, but by the time you reach middle age you will hopefully realize who you are not.”– James Rozoff
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”– Buddha
“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.” – Mark Twain
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” – Henry David Thoreau
“There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you’ve grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“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.” – Thomas Szasz
“It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.” – S. I. Hayakawa
“If you don’t get lost, there’s a chance you may never be found.” – Anonymous
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Huxley
“The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.” – Julien Green
“I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.” – William Butler Yeats
“For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.” – Clifton Fadiman
“The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.” – Cicero
“I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.” – Michel de Montaigne
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.” – Benjamin Franklin
“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.” – James A. Froude
“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” – St. Augustine

Did these quotes give you insights into understanding yourself better? Remember, striving for self-awareness is a life-long journey and one that requires patience. You can always read these quotes in times when you feel lost and need more clarity.