Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
—Steve Jobs
But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?
—Amelia Barr
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
—James Thurber
A man lives with himself for seventy years, and doesn't know who he is.
—Israel Salanter Lipkin
I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.
—James Baldwin
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
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