A man lives with himself for seventy years, and doesn't know who he is.

You are in prison. If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you are in prison. If you think you are free, you can't escape.

—George Gurdjieff

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

—George Gurdjieff

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

—James Baldwin

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

—James Thurber

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?

—Amelia Barr