#know yourself

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#efficient #failings #know #know yourself #only

Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better. ↗

— Catie Curtis

#better #creative #creative process #dance #get

Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me. ↗

— Arielle Dombasle

#i #know #know yourself #me #surprise

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#being #cover #covering #depths #forty

The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

#becomes #behind #do you know #enough #find

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#enemy #fear #hundred #know #know yourself

Everything's a lot easier when you work with someone you know just about as well as you know yourself. ↗

— Peter Farrelly

#easier #everything #just #know #know yourself

You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#books #doing #doing the right thing #down #eating

Sometimes, taking a job is like going to a shrink or something, where you get to know yourself better. ↗

— Leelee Sobieski

#get #going #job #know #know yourself

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. ↗

— Thales

#difficult #difficult thing #know #know yourself #life