This above all: to thine own self be true.
—William Shakespeare, Hamlet
To thine own self be true…. It implies that we know who we are, but what if we don’t? What if we are just muddling through our lives? And what if our muddling has brought us success? What if we have a career, home, and family. But what if this life path is not what we want? What if we don’t know what we want? Or who we are? To thine own self be true…. We can’t do or be what we don’t know.
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
—Miguel de Cervantes
Know Thyself: What Does It Mean?
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