Quotes about self
self sea chimes
Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible. Dante Alighieri
self ignorant spurs
Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity whcih spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity.
self design humanity
We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design. Dan Simmons
self way waste
A token of ecological awareness in a society devoted to self destruction and waste but unwilling to acknowledge its indulgent ways.
self worst worst-things
The worst things weren't outside of you. Cynthia Voigt
selfish agency people
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish. Billy Graham
self four christ
Faith implies four things: self-renunciation, reliance with utter confidence on Christ, obedience, and a changed life.
self-esteem trust
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
self-esteem pillars esteem
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life. Meryl Streep
self people scare
I'm self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes. Bjork
self way study
To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. Dogen
self forever mind
To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. Even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever
self mind enlightenment
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.
self mind realization
To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization remains, and this no trace continues endlessly.
self enlightenment trying
To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
selfish society truth
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now. Phil McGraw
self height certain
Every specific tax, as well as the nation's whole tax system, becomes self-defeating above a certain height of the rates. Ludwig von Mises
selfishness incentives laziness
Under a socialist mode of production all personal incentives which selfishness provides under capitalism are removed, and a premium is put upon laziness and negligence. Whereas in a capitalist society selfishness incites everyone to the utmost diligence, in a socialist society it makes for inertia and laxity.
self-esteem judging moments
Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression. Robert Johnson
self best-effort knowing
The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable. John Wooden
self stubborn littles
A peevish self-willed harlotry it is. *She’s a stubborn little brat.* William Shakespeare
self might affection
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary self, Pursued my humor not pursuing his, And gladly shunned who gladly fled from me.
self
We do need to be self-sufficient in the things that we can.
self spur
You actually spur development. It's a self-fulfilling process.
self-confidence winning simplicity
The 3Ss of Winning in business are speed, simplicity, and self-confidence. Jack Welch
self practice true-self
Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this.
self enlightenment delusion
That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
self world way
What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
self way enlightened
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. Alice Walker
self light darkness
When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me.
self giving hypocrisy
He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look facts in the face and to seek flexible solutions, respect for others, give-and-take in dialog situations, absence of hypocrisy, a complete absence of grandeur in the conduct of his personal life. He has never been driven by blind self-assertion to make absurd decisions. Alice Miller
self-esteem long please
We can never do the right thing as long as we are out to please someone else.
self achievement quality
The grandiose person is never really free; first because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others, and second, because his self-respect is dependent on qualities, functions, and achievements that can suddenly fail.