self knowledge, n.Definitions

Self-knowledge is acquired never by thinking, always by doing.

Self-knowledge is never possible by reflection, but only by doing.

Self-knowledge is not needed at all times. It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.

Self-knowledge is acquired only through joy and sorrow, which teach us what to do and what to avoid.

Self-knowledge is attainable only through art, for it is art, and art only, that reveals us to ourselves.

Self-knowledge is important, for he who does not know himself is subsequently compelled to know much.

Self-knowledge is most easily gained by offending two or three of your neighbors.

Self-knowledge is a thing too often left uncultivated. It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.