Pithy quotes

Some things to think about ….by people who’ve thought about them

We think that learning about ourselves (through feedback) is probably not a bad idea but these people put it much more eloquently.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Benjamin Franklin

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.
Mevlana Rumi

Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul.
James Allen

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. St Augustine

It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates

What we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And when we fail to notice that we have failed to notice there's nothing we can do to change. Until we notice that failing to notice is what forms our thoughts and our deeds. R.D. Laing

Which is all well and good, but you’ve got to hand it to Doug, he might have a point:

There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware. Doug Larson