Sentence examples for knowing oneself from inspiring English sources

Nothing is harder than knowing oneself – especially under powerful driving interests.

But that was not Ibsen's way; his play was about knowing oneself and being true to that self.

As the title suggests, it's a piece about monstrosity, about knowing oneself to be an ego-monster but also realising that monstrosity is demanded by one's audience.

Vegan dishes like I Am Worthy and I Am Wonderful may be cheap back-door tickets to knowing oneself, but some are top-notch examples of raw cuisine.

Multiple performance opportunities develop an understanding of sharing the creative process with an audience and of knowing oneself better as an artist.

That power can take the form of reputation, adulation, or the thrill of knowing oneself to be the orchestrator of others' fates of being a sort of mini-god.

Even when, appalled and incredulous, she becomes unwittingly pregnant at the age of 16, she recognizes the importance of knowing for oneself, of choosing for oneself (no, she will have to insist on keeping her child, thanks just the same).

There were, however, many occurrences in Latin writings of the phrase conscius sibi, which translates literally as "knowing with oneself", or in other words "sharing knowledge with oneself about something".

Vicarious knowledge, knowing without oneself possessing the evidence for the truth of what one knows, requires, according to Hardwig, too much of a departure from our ordinary concepts of knowledge.

To know oneself is wisdom.

"There is something so profound and powerful about looking deeply into oneself, knowing where we come from, our roots, and perhaps where we are headed.