Quotes about self
self acting shallow
There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often. Kelly Reilly
self-esteem heart ugly
I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem. Kelly Osbourne
self want chance
I don't want to completely self-sabotage everything that I've got and alienate everyone. But I definitely want to take some chances as I always have. Katy Perry
self-esteem nurture
Find out what your gift is and nurture it.
selfish destroying-ourselves force
You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish. Ralph Steadman
self way firsts
If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. Ramakrishna
selfish eye love-is
There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also. It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe.
selfish men doe
The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
self ego mind
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only. Ramana Maharshi
self giving generosity
All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
self grace useless
Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
self world
The world is not outside you.
self world
We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
self known
The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.
self grace useless
Grace is within you. If it were external, it would be useless.
self meditation mind
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
self ego doubt
How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear. Who sees things separate from the Self? First the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is nothing external. For anything external to oneself implies the existence of the seer within. Seeking it there will eliminate doubt and fear. Not only fear, all other thoughts centred round the ego will disappear along with it.
self sea rivers
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea.
self doe
The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self.
self individuality age
Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
self ego perception
The Self alone exists. When you try to trace the ego, which is the basis of the perception of the world and everything else, you find the ego does not exist at all and neither does all this creation that you see.
self imagination world
For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
self social-reform reform
Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
self hands annihilation
The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one's hand.
self mind body
Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.
self self-realization knows
To know one's Self is to be blissful always.
self shining conviction
Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.
self mind normal
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the "I."
self inquiry burning
By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre, it will itself in the end get destroyed. Then, there will arise Self-realization.
self aging immortal
Discover your undying Self and be immortal and happy.
self realization quiet
The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see any paradox in it. Consider the case of the worshipper. He approaches God and prays to be absorbed in Him. He then surrenders himself in faith and by concentration. And what remains afterwards? In the place of the original 'I', self-surrender leaves a residuum of God in which the 'I' is lost. That is the highest form of devotion or surrender and the peak of detachment.
self names worship
Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one's true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with "It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.
self ego firsts
If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.