"I think it is impossible for one..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
I think it is impossible for one human being really to know another without first knowing and being at peace with himself.
More by Eleanor Roosevelt
“Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.”
“One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.”
“I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.”
More on Self Knowledge
“All the excesses, all the violence, and all the vanity of great men, come from the fact that they know not what they are: it being difficult for those who regard themselves at heart asequal with all men... For this it is necessary for one to forget himself, and to believe that he has some real excellence above them, in which consists this illusion that I am endeavoring todiscover to you.”
“Isolation is a way to know ourselves.”
“I observe myself and I come to know others.”