If you want to know yourself, Just look how others do it; If you want to understand others, Look into your own heart.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Self-knowledge comes from observing others, and understanding others comes from self-reflection.
- In plain terms
- Look at others to know yourself, look at yourself to know others.
- What can you take from it?
- Use others to understand yourself and vice versa.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How well do you know yourself?
Another view
It simplifies the complex process of understanding others.
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