The qualities do not know the Soul, but the Soul knows them all. The Soul is the spectator of the qualities and consider them all as emanating from itself.
न गुणा विदुरात्मानं स गुणान् वेत्ति सर्वशः। परिद्रष्टा गुणानां तु संसृष्टान्मन्यते तथा॥