Consciousness and Self-Knowledge

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like.

There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

The great man presides over all his states of consciousness with obstinate rigor.

Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.

He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings. If the dwelling is dirty and neglected, the 82 body will be kept by its soul in the same condition, dirty and neglected.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.

You are about as happy as you make up your mind to be.

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.

Don't live in the past, don't ponder about the future, stay at the PRESENT moment NOW...always.

All emotion is involuntary when genuine.

Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.

I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.

We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

How use doth breed a habit in a man!

Consideration like an angel came, And whipp’d the offending Adam out of him.