Before a man can wake up and find himself famous he has to wake up and find himself.

Self-reverence, self knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power.

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

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.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self-knowledge is the property of that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results.

To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson.