Knowing Others Quotes

• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

  Socrates

  Wise, Wisdom, Philosophy

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• Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

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• Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self Esteem

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• Know the enemy and know yourself.

  Sun Tzu

  Fear, Military, War

  The Art of War ch. 3 (translation by Yuan Shibang)

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• Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Knowledge, Men, Self

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.1891, Delphi Classics

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• If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Success

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• The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

  Laozi

  Positive, Encouragement, Powerful

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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• Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

  Laozi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Learning, Tao Te Ching

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• If you don't change direction, you end up where you are headed.

  John Gibbons

  Change, Life Changing, Darkness Within

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• Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Clever, Integrity

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• You have to watch the clock constantly because youre only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person, watching the clock and knowing other people are watching the clock is extremely difficult.

  Martha Stewart

  Home, Knowing, People

  "Home confinement tough for Martha Stewart". www.today.com. September 12, 2005.

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• A man may be an heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.

  Frederic Farrar

  Truth, Believe, Men

  Frederic W. Farrar (2003). “History of Interpretation: Bampton Lectures, 1885”, p.16, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• The Spirit which is within you is a collective being and once you are awakened into the light of Spirit, you become a collective being. That means, on your finger tips you can feel the centers of others also as you can feel yourself. By knowing yourself you know the self knowledge, the inner self knowledge and by knowing others you are in collective consciousness.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

  Laozi

  Strength, Self Confidence, Knowing

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Fun, Knowing, Comedian

  "Takes One to Know One". Interview with David Steinberg, www.latimes.com. November 24, 2008.

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• It feels good to be awake, knowing others are asleep. Makes you feel like the night is not for everyone, just a chosen few.

  Joseph Morgan

  Night, Knowing, Feel Good

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2011

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