I have seen no more evident monstrosity and miracle in the world than myself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker finds themselves the greatest mystery in existence.
- In plain terms
- No one is more strange to me than myself.
- What can you take from it?
- Self-understanding is difficult.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is the self so hard to know?
- What makes you a mystery?
Another view
Others can sometimes understand you better than you understand yourself.
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