Maxim
Know yourself.
“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.”
Taoism · Ancient (before 200 BCE)
Translation: public-domain translation (Legge)
Watch on YouTube: Nietzsche: How To Become Who You Are ↗Academy of Ideas on Nietzsche and self-knowledge
Watch on YouTube: Alain de Botton with Chris Williamson ↗Alain de Botton on understanding your inner voice and emotions
Understanding the world begins close to home. To look honestly at our own motives, limits and ignorance is a lifelong task, and perhaps the beginning of every other kind of wisdom.
Related expressions
“the unexamined life is not worth living”
Watch on YouTube: Increase your self-awareness | Tasha Eurich ↗Tasha Eurich discusses this ideaWatch on YouTube: Alain de Botton on understanding ourselves ↗Alain de Botton discusses this idea (Modern Wisdom)“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it;-- this is knowledge.”
Score
Moral Rank 48.6 · Evidence E = 10.89
E = ln(1+2.24) + √2.24 + 3·2.24 + 1.5·1 = 10.89