Thomas Traherne Quotes

Although men are accused of not knowing their weakness, yet perhaps as few know their strength.

The best advice Drake's given anybody is to know yourself. It's the most important thing to live by.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.

I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside.

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

If you can understand the inner life, then you can wear the uniform, the tattoos, or whatnot and realize that the things that are different about us become superficial.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through.

Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?

We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us.

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

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.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

In the end I'm the only one who knows me.

If you have a trust in and an expectation of your own solitude, everything that you need to know will be revealed to you.

In my long and difficult and mature life, I have come to learn that the less I know about acting and the more I know about everything else, the better I'll be at both acting and living.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

I believe in nurturing the inner world.

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

Really, when you take a step back and you really know yourself, you're able to make better decisions.