Quotes about self
self essence independence
The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Maria Montessori
self tools emotion
Music has always been such an amazing tool for me to access self and emotion. Matisyahu
self twenties destructive
I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive. Kirk Hammett
self effort mind
Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it; for he who is cold and starving is so busy in his efforts to obtain warmth and food that he has little time for self-pity, and endures his unhappy condition better than those who take it upon themselves to suffer for him. Kenneth Roberts
self lasts wagons
You can make one (self-contained self-rescuer) that would last all day, but you'd have to carry it behind in a wagon. Kenneth Williams
self feelings emotion
There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project. Kenny Chesney
self-esteem lows self
I've suffered from low self-esteem. Ken Kercheval
self differences people
But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized people who apply them selves to everything. Karl Marx
selfish men trying
Under private property, each tries to establish over the other an alien power, so as thereby to find satisfaction of his own selfish need. The increase in the quantity of objects is therefore accompanied by an extension of the realm of the alien powers to which man is subjected, and every new product represents a new potentiality of mutual swindling and mutual plundering.
self fundamentals accumulation
The capitalist mode of production and accumulation, and therefore capitalist private property, have for their fundamental condition the annihilation of self-earned private property: in other words, the expropriation of the labourer.
self return moments
The individual produces an object and, by consuming it, returns to himself, but returns as a productive and self reproducing individual. Consumption thus appears as a moment of production.
selfish sacrifice people
If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.
self people matter
Follow your own path, no matter what people say.
selfish book reading
Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy. Kajol
self self-respect connections
There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect. Julia Cameron
self littles frightening
Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.
self unity vietnam
Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adversaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans. Gerald R. Ford
self two people
I thought The Limits of Control could be interpreted in two ways: as the limits of one's self-control; and as the limits of allowing other people's control over one's -consciousness - which I kind of thought was a double meaning that was appropriate. Jim Jarmusch
self daily-life concern
Can I live a life, daily life, without sense of self-concern? Jiddu Krishnamurti
self-esteem fall levels
We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from these heights. It is the falls we are ashamed of. Self-esteem is the cause of our shame, of our fall. It is this self-esteem that must be understood, and not the fall.
self-esteem japan names
And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.
self-esteem imagination shadow
Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.
self mind naked
To understand the present with its full, rich significance, the mind must free itself from the habit of self-protecting acquisition; when it is utterly naked, then there is immortality.
self confusion acquisition
. . . Without love the acquisition of knowledge only increases confusion and leads to self-destruction.
self cover-ups denial
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.
self rivers achievement
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
self deception desire
The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
self-esteem insane world
When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
self-esteem ideas patterns
The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying.
self-esteem desire doe
After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is.
self-esteem war office
But inwardly we are as corrupt as the person who sits in an office and plans war-because, we want to be somebody in the family, in a group, in society, in the nation.
self mirrors wish
Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
self meditation silence
So, to meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centered activity. And if you have come this far in meditation, you will find there is silence, a total emptiness. The mind is uncontaminated by society; it is no longer subject to any influence, to the pressure of any desire. It is completely alone, and being alone, untouched it is innocent. Therefore there is a possibility for that which is timeless, eternal, to come into being. This whole process is meditation.