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• I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Trying, Littles, Know Thyself

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• The Revelation of Sonmi 451 To be is to be perceived, and so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other. The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds, that go on and are pushing themselves throughout all time. - Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

  David Mitchell

  Kindness, Eye, Past

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• God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.

  Julian of Norwich

  Art, Giving, Honor

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• If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.

  George S. Clason

  Desire, Way, Helping

  George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.65, Lulu.com

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• The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17). You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).

  Boyd K. Packer

  Agency, Temptation, Mind

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• Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Wise, Men, Relax

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.8006, Catholic Way Publishing

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• You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Love Is, Judging, Hardship

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• Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.

  John Keats

  Dream, Art, Fever

  John Keats, Jack Stillinger (1982). “Complete Poems”, p.365, Harvard University Press

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• Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Personal Knowledge, World

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.66

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• Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.

  Thomas Fuller

  Friendship, Funny Friend, Great Friendship

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• Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others.
  Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Life, Heart, Knowledge

  Friedrich Schiller (1851). “The Poems of Schiller, Complete: Including All His Early Suppressed Pieces”, p.269

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• Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Church, Know Thyself, Said

  Jeanette Winterson (1995). “Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd”, Knopf

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• Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.

  Galileo Galilei

  Knowing, Greatest Wisdom

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• Think for thyself one good idea, but known to be thine own, is better than a thousand gleaned from fields by others sown.

  Alexander Wilson

  Thinking, Ideas, Fields

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• The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Self Esteem, Two, Lord

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• Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Know Thyself, Knowing God, Knows

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• Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

  George Herbert

  Distance, Greatness, Envy

  Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.105

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• Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just.

  William Shakespeare

  Medicine, Heaven, Shows

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1785). “The Plays of William Shakspeare ...”, p.501

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• Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent.

  William Shakespeare

  Love Is, Affection, Bent

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 4, l. 36

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• Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.

  William Shakespeare

  Anger, Plunge

  William Shakespeare (1767). “The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes”, p.41

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• We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Heart, Temptation, Depth

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• One's character is one's habitual way of behaving. We all have patterns of behavior or habits, and often we are quite unaware of them. When Socrates urged us to Know thyself, he clearly was directing us to come to know our habitual ways of responding to the world around us.

  Thomas Lickona

  Character, World, Patterns

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• For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

  Max Muller

  Horse, Self, Lord

  Max Muller (2015). “Dhammapada”, p.84, Max Muller

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• If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Wise, Art, Thinking

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• God sees the minds (ruling principles) of all men bared of the material vesture and rind and impurities. For with his intellectual part alone he touches the intelligence only which has flowed and been derived from himself into these bodies. And if thou also usest thyself to do this, thou wilt rid thyself of thy much trouble. For he who regards not the poor flesh which envelops him, surely will not trouble himself by looking after raiment and dwelling and fame and such like externals and show.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Men, Dwelling, Mind

  Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius (2012). “Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus”, p.251, tredition

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