Paul Wesley Quotes

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Life is a constant challenge to know oneself.

One of the goals of a spiritual practice is self-awareness, and one of the best tools of self-awareness is simple emotional vulnerability.

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

If I can write it, I can cope. And I've been writing many books, but in every book, I try to explore something in my own soul that I need to solve, I need to understand.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

I think a lot of Magnum was me.

People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.' Whereas I need to think as much as I can, to feel as much as I can, to be conscious and observe and understand me and the people around me as much as I can.

I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

It's been one of the most important tools for me in personal growth for understanding myself, how I am, and what effect I do have on other people.

It's really about connecting to your own humanity and your own behaviors, and getting to a level of self-awareness so that you can have perspective and step outside of yourself and transform and become another person.

The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.

A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.

Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence.

The greatest blessing is that, within all of this, I've still been challenged every day to question and show who I am.

You don't throw your life away Going Inside You get to know who's watching you And besides you resides in your body

Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential.

I observe myself and I come to know others.

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

For me, it's a voyage of self-discovery. I'm able to go on a set and to explore situations, personalities, people and characters that are close to me, or maybe not. Through going there and experiencing these different people and their situations, it helps me to get oriented and develop as a human being. So, acting is fundamental to who I am.

A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection

I think this is what college is all about: self-examination and dealing with those questions of "Who am I?"

I've spent my life cultivating knowledge of myself. But the more I know myself, the more utterly mysterious I become.