This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Self-awareness is forced upon us whether others watch or not.
- In plain terms
- You watch yourself always, even if no one else does.
- What can you take from it?
- Self-observation is constant.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do you watch yourself?
- Can you be unwatched?
Another view
Privacy allows for unobserved growth.
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