nāyamātmā pravacanena labhyo
na medhayā na bahunā śrutena
yamevaisha vrņute tena labhyas
tasyaisha ātmā vivrņute tanūm svām

This Self is not attained through much exposition or acquisitive knowledge. Nor by fixing meaning in memory through the power of the mind. Neither through much hearing or repetition alone. Indeed, that Self which the seeker longs for, by that is the Self attained. Then that seeker’s own Self reveals its own nature openly, with greater eloquence than words. This Self excels in describing itself.

~ Kaţha Upanişad 1.2.23