#edge

I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#wisdom #self-knowledge

I don't want to inhabit the human world under false pretenses. ↗

— Janet Frame

#self-knowledge #self-knowledge

To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation? ↗

— Pascal Mercier

#honesty #illusions #perception #personality #self-awareness

Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#historiography #history #knowledge #nature

I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#laugh

Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place... ↗

— Joseph Goebbels

#knowledge #faith

I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk. ↗

— Travis Barker

#going #i #like #listened #little

Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#after #aims #develop #done #hand

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#eventually #fighting #got #grew #had

Every worldview I chose, it seemed, edged me toward belief. ↗

— Martha Beck

#chose #edged #every #i #me