know one's own mind
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If it can be useful to know one’s own mind, we also need leaders who are flexible, who have the ability to listen and adapt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
It seems to me that to aim at independence, to know one's own mind, to form one's own ideas—liberty, in short—is one of the most sacred duties in life.
From The Upton Letters by Arthur Christopher Benson
He asserted that to know one's own mind is to know the whole universe, and that that knowledge is imparted to us by revelations and illuminations of the gods.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
But it is hard to know one's own mind, let alone another man's.
From Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade
It is well, at least, to know one's own mind, madame!
From Max by Katherine Cecil Thurston
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