The saying, 'Know thyself' - What does it entail?

Question

The saying, 'Know thyself' - What does it entail?

Answer 1

To know what you are capible of and what you need to fufill in your life.

Answer 2

G knowing all the realities and the connections.

Answer 3

Suffering.

Answer 4

A rising forth, intellectually, with an effort to differentiate mankind from that which surrounds us.

Answer 5

Simple, but detailed answer: self-actulization.  

Answer 6

Ultimately, I think it means to learn to get along with yourself and love yourself.

Answer 7

I guess what makes you tick, what you are capable of. What you want and desire. And also know what you need to know in order to better yourself. What you would do in certain situations, we all think we would do whats right in every situation but you would be surprised to know how wrong that statement is.

Answer 8

I think it is a simple group of words that express something that is very hard to do.  It may seem easy to just know who you are on the inside.  But honestly, so many people are LOST.  They live in this world in which everything on the outside of themselves is who they are.  They feel labeled by their job, success, family, friends, hobbies, etc...  No, no, no, this is where they are wrong.  All of those things are on the outside.  More people need to have that silent time where they can be alone with themselves and just think, ask questions, and grow to understand and love who they are.  

I read a book where the author used a metaphor to explain human equality, and I loved it. It went a little like this....

We are all born with a beautiful, flawless diamond on the inside.  The only problem is that it is dirty and covered in tar.  But the more we make the effort to learn and understand the person we are, the cleaner the diamond becomes, and therefore sparkles like never before.  So, the case is we all have that diamond, but not everyone's diamond sparkles like mine! But that is because I want to "know thyself", and NOW I read a lot more to understand who I am, and how I feel about experiences that relate to me.  

Thanks for reading!