#self-awareness

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

The greatest danger to mankind is not nature, but man himself, because we are the origin of all coming evil.

I am wiser than this man; for neither of us appears to know anything great and good, but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas I neither know nor think that I know.

Friends hold a mirror up to each other; through the other, each sees his own soul.

The human capacity for self-detachment enables man to look at himself, judge himself, and even laugh at himself.

Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an intelligent person in this world.

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

No matter where you go, there you are.

He who knows he is a fool is not the greatest fool.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?