G 8
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook G (1779-1783)
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.”
As quoted in The Works of the Emperor Julian (1923) by Wilmer Cave France Wright, p. 91
General sources
“He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.”
Source: Reverence for Life: The Words of Albert Schweitzer
Book V, "Of Education"
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793)
Translated by D. T. Suzuki[citation needed]
This poem, translated by D. T. Suzuki, is not a complete Han-shan poem. It is lines 3–8 of a 14 line poem, numbered 271 by Red Pine.
“Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.”
Comment about the title of Robert Fulghum's famous book, in I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional : The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions (1992), Introduction, p. 7
El que no se hallare con ánimo de sufrir apele al retiro de sí mismo, si es que aun a sí mismo se ha de poder tolerar.
Maxim 159 (p. 90)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)
Source: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016), Chapter 6, “You’re Wrong About Everything (But So Am I)” (p. 135)
“They who think they know all, learn nothing.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 257
