Sentence examples for knowing ourselves from inspiring English sources

There is an ancient saying, "Man, know yourself!" and as we work towards knowing ourselves we become much more aware of our motives.

So, if the kingdom is inside all of us and we find this when we know ourselves, then we should move toward losing ourselves in love and knowing ourselves.

As the writer Adam Phillips put it in his recent biography, Freud "shows us how ingenious we are in not knowing ourselves".

To this ethos Mr. Halperin, like the figure on the Heisman Trophy, raises his hand in rebuff: "For all its undeniable benefits, gay pride is now preventing us from knowing ourselves".

Stothard's prose is as lovely as it is lively, and while her penchant for dreamy digression is occasionally trying, her novel wisely and urgently illustrates the difficulty of truly knowing ourselves or anyone else.

That's what Brown invites us to take from a show in which he tells instructive tales and quotes Epictetus in favour of knowing ourselves and living in the moment.

They teach us to use our eyes and to know ourselves by knowing others.

Not sure whether she speaks Spanish or Creole (and knowing neither ourselves) we try a tentative: "Water, please?" She shakes her head and replies in lugubrious Caribbean vowels.

Having concrete proof of our efforts is more motivating than just knowing it ourselves.

As conscious beings, we exist only in response to other things,and we cannot know ourselves at all without knowing them.

We all must do the work to validate ourselves; seeing, knowing and loving ourselves.