“Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment.”

“… it takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.”

David Foster Wallace book Infinite Jest

“Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

“Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.”

Miles Davis (1926–1991) American jazz musician

“Sometimes a little brain damage can help.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

“Sometimes you have to give yourself to somebody in order to see who you are. Sometimes you have to unravel things to get to the core”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

“Sometimes to achieve greatness, you do, you have to cut off a little piece of yourself no matter how much it hurts, in order to grow, in order to move on. It takes courage and I admire that, you know?”

movie Legend (2015)

“Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes.”

Emma Bull book War for the Oaks

“Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage - at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom.”

Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator

“Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.”

R.L. Stine book The Haunted Mask II