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How you react to people and situations, especially when challenges arise, is the best indicator of how deeply you know yourself.
Eckhart Tolle • A New Earth: The life-changing follow up to The Power of Now. ‘My No.1 guru will always be Eckhart Tolle’ Chris Evans
When you truly understand yourself, you will be able to identify shared beliefs to bond over with others, and fundamental differences to overcome. Connection is not always about agreeing. It is about feeling heard, understood, and valued. Understanding yourself leads to others understanding you, which helps you understand them.
Brian Miller • Three New People: Make the Most of Your Daily Interactions and Stop Missing Amazing Opportunities
Intelligence is the capacity to deal with life as a whole;
J. Krishnamurti • Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti
When we look to a system for the transformation of society, we are merely evading the question, because a system cannot transform man; man always transforms the system, which history shows. Until I, in my relationship to you, understand myself, I am the cause of chaos, misery, destruction, fear, brutality. Understanding myself is not a matter of ti... See more
J. Krishnamurti • Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti
It is also what is called investigating and knowing oneself.