“No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.”
Self-knowledge quotes
426 self-knowledge quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“I'm a Utopian anarchist — which means nothing. You know, the intellectuals take over and the government crumbles. I'm a less than convincing dilettante, much less an intellectual. I go to the store for a loaf of bread and come back with a quart of milk. So I act. To compensate for this indignity they put roses in the dressing room on the first...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.”
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“The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.”
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“Fearlessly be yourself.”
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“I'm a passionate trade unionist.”
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“I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am a man!”
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“I always wanted to become an astronaut, for the future of mankind and all. At least, that’s what I always told myself. I see myself from the outside. Smile, present a side. It’s a performance, with my eye on the exit. Always on the exit. Just don’t touch me.”
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“It is our moments of struggle, that define us.”
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“- Rafiki: Who are you?
- Simba: I'm nobody.
- Rafiki: Everybody is somebody. So I ask again, who are you?”
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“Listen to your inner voice.”
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“- Maria: I think you're joking with me. I know where you see it.
- David: Where?
- Maria: In yourself. Because you and I are so alike.
- David: You mean in our selfishness, coldness and indifference?” -
“You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.”
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“Who are we? Are we simply what others want us to be? Are destined to a fate beyond our control? Or can we evolve? Become... something more?”
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“If you think of yourself as funny, you become tragic.”
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“People don't always know who they are, until it's too late.”
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“It’s the loneliest feeling not to know who you are.”
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“I understand that the three of you think you are superhuman. That you don't think you are normal. You've convinced yourselves you have extraordinary gifts, like something out of a comic book. I am here to discuss the possibility that you are mistaken.”
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“I believe that if everyone sees what just a few people become when they wholly embrace their gifts, others will awaken. Belief in oneself is contagious. We give each other permission to be superheroes. We will never awaken otherwise.”
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“I learned from a young age not to show weakness, okay? I solve my problems with my anger and my fists. I'm a blunt instrument and I'm damn good at it. I've done nothing but get my ass kicked this whole trip. I'm no leader. I'm not a king. I do not work or play well with others. And I can't let you die, trying to turn me into something I'm not.”
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“- John: What's a leerie?
- Jack: Why, it's what we lamplighters call ourselves, of course. Leeries, trip the lights and lead the way!”
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“Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.”
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I think of myself as an exile, a pilgrim on this earth. Jesus said, "Turn your heart away from things visible and turn yourself to things invisible".
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