Quotes about self
self soul body
The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe-the body-is the soul. Swami Vivekananda
self mind world
That which is nearest is least observed. The Atman is the nearest of the near, therefore the careless and the unsteady mind gets no clue to it. But the person who is alert, calm, self-restrained, and discriminating ignores the external world and, diving more and more into the inner world, realizes the glory of the Atman and becomes great.
selfish thinking people
We are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up to set right other people, and not ourselves. If we are miserable, we say, "Oh, the world is a devil's world." We curse others and say, "What infatuated fools!" But why should we be in such a world, if we really are so good? If this is a devil's world, we must be devils also; why else should we be here? "Oh, the people of the world are so selfish!" True enough; but why should we be found in that company, if we be better? Just think of that.
self renunciation
There is nothing so high as renunciation of self.
self vegetables years
Whether you bathe in the Ganga for a thousand years or live on vegetable food for a like period, unless it helps towards the manifestation of the Self, know that it is all of no use.
self democracy said
As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly. Rosanne Cash
self-confidence bonus degrees
Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees. Ron Suskind
self-esteem preparation action
Confidence is preparation in action. Ron Howard
self class roots
Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. Ron Fournier
self wish weight
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. The capacity to create ourselves, based upon this freedom, is inseparable from consciousness or self-awareness. (p. 100) Rollo May
self-esteem society trying
Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
self people world
I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. Rupert Friend
self-esteem careers long
It's always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don't know if I'm good enough to have a long career. I've got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense. Rupert Grint
selfish light darkness
Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light. Rumi
self idols easy
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.
self devil looks
If thou has not seen the devil, look at thine own self.
self over-you conformity
You have mourned over others; now sit down for a while and weep over your own self.
self grace mastery
Let's ask God to help us to self-control for one who lacks it, lacks his grace.
selfish leader gains
The selfish leader will attempt to lead others for their own gain and for the detriment of others. Tom Peters
self-esteem lying grace
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory. Tom Robbins
self unhappy-person unhappiness
Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.
self laughing people
Comedy is deemed inferior to tragedy primarily because of the social prevalence of narcissistic pathology. In other words people who are too self important to laugh at their own frequently ridiculous behavior have vested interest in gravity because it supports their illusions of grandosity.
self people giving
For most people, self-awareness and self-pity blossom simultaneously in early adolescence. It's about that time that we start viewing the world as something other than a whoop-de-doo playground, we start to experience personally how threatening it can be, how cruel and unjust. At the very moment when we become, for the first time, both introspective and socially conscientious, we receive the bad news that the world, by and large, doesn't give a rat's ass.
self seductive political
Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal of rearranging one's perceptions and transforming one's self.
self roots people
All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.
self greed ego
Throughout most of our history, nothing - not flood, famine, plague, or new weapons - has endangered humanity one-tenth as much as the narcissistic ego, with its self-aggrandizing presumptions and its hell-hound spawn of fear and greed.
self survival groups
It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing. Tom G. Palmer
self faces life-is
The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face. Toni Cade Bambara
self justice revolution
Revolution begins with the self, in the self.
self negativity belief
You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and then demolish them. Steve Backley
self roots good-relationship
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others. Stephen Covey
self feelings action
Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"
self people empowering
In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances to shape our lives by default.