Quotes on Examined Life

Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Emerson, I am trying to live, as you said we must, the examined life. But there are days I wish there was less in my head to examine, not to speak of the busy heart.

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.