Echoes

Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you, but answer: He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.

If thou desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness; nor even desire the repute of learning.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

To account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Man knows much more than he understands.