Inspirational Quotations on Self-discovery

  • It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
    Author: Marcel Proust
    From Issue 328
  • Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, he wants to reestablish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.
    Author: Amiel
    From Issue 329
  • Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - ah! there is the sting of life.
    Author: Oscar Wilde
    From Issue 336
  • We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
    From Issue 340
  • Oh! that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves.
    From Issue 341
  • I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
    From Issue 344

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