#self-knowledge

"Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser; of the wrongdoer. It is not something to be squeeeeeezed out of the victim in a further act of conscience-corrupting abuse."

"We must not be defined by what we do, but we must be what and who we are, then only happen to do what we do!"

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"You read and write and sing and experience, thinking that one day these things will build the character you admire to live as. You love and lose and bleed best you can, to the extreme, hoping that one day the world will read you like the poem you want to be."

"If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breathe under water and dine on the deep treasures of the seas; mark my words, those who dwell on the rocks carrying nets will try to reel you into their catch. The last thing they want is for you to thrive in your habitat because they stand in their atmosphere where they beg and gasp for some air."

"If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do."

"I don't fit into any stereotypes. And I like myself that way."

"I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me."

"If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship."

"A lot of the conflict you have in your life exists simply because you're not living in alignment; you're not be being true to yourself."

"Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty."

"Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable."