Quotes about self
self law foundation
The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is prepared to infringe any or all of these in the interest of self-preservation. J. M. Coetzee
self broken half
I speak to the broken halves of all our selves and tell them to embrace, loving the worst in us equally with the best.
self holocaust rabbits
Let me say it openly: we are surrounded by an enterprise of degradation, cruelty, and killing which rivals anything the Third Reich was capable of, indeed dwarfs it, in that ours is an enterprise without end, self-regenerating, bringing rabbits, rats, poultry, livestock ceaselessly into the world for the purpose of killing them.
self ability findings
Finding out what you’re good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect. J. K. Rowling
self blood hatred
Some of her self-hatred had oozed out with the blood.
self goal firsts
Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.
self essence culture
The essence of self-fulfillment and autonomous culture is an unshakable egotism. H. L. Mencken
self worry labels
Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self. Gugu Mbatha-Raw
self-worth shields slave
But when you become a slave to a public persona and don’t feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield and it shouldn’t come at the expense of your self-worth.
selfish years wife
Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego. Greg LeMond
self voice echoes
I did not begin when I was born, nor when I was conceived. I have been growing, developing, through incalculable myriads of millenniums. All my previous selves have their voices, echoes, promptings in me. Oh, incalculable times again shall I be born. Jack London
self curiosity atheism
It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission. J. William Fulbright
selfish passion men
Man liveth from hour to hour, and knoweth not what may happen; Influences circle him on all sides, and yet must he answer for his actions: For the being that is master of himself, bendeth events to his will, But a slave to selfish passions is the wavering creature of circumstance. Martin Farquhar Tupper
self frost bud
As frost to the bud, and blight to the blossom, even such is self-interest to friendship; for confidence cannot dwell where selfishness is porter at the gate.
self world earth
The world, in resting upon the earth, strives to surmount it. As self-opening it cannot endure anything closed. The earth, however, as sheltering and concealing, tends always to draw the world into itself and keep it there Martin Heidegger
self glimpse world
Celebration... is self restraint, is attentiveness, is questioning, is meditating, is awaiting, is the step over into the more wakeful glimpse of the wonder - the wonder that a world is worlding around us at all, that there are beings rather than nothing, that things are and we ourselves are in their midst, that we ourselves are and yet barely know who we are, and barely know that we do not know all this.
self law punishment
...your service will be arduous, it will be painful and rigorous, and the slightest delinquencies will be requited immediately with corporal and afflicting punishments; hence, I must recommend to you prompt exactness, submissiveness, and total self-abnegation that you be enabled to heed naught but our desires; let them be your laws, fly to do their bidding, anticipate them, cause them to be born... Marquis de Sade
self want today
Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today. Mark Morris
self law america
America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the next Microsoft or Google, design laws to back the innovator in the garage. Mark McKinnon
self two anxiety
Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or a need, to engage this unknown, while anxiety suggests a fear of it. Desire takes one out of oneself, into the possibility or relationship, but it also takes one deeper into oneself. Anxiety turns one back on oneself, but only onto the self that is already known. Mark Epstein
self land feelings
In building a path through the self to the far shore of awareness, we have to carefully pick our way through our own wilderness. If we can put our minds into a place of surrender, we will have an easier time feeling the contours of the land. We do not have to break our way through as much as we have to find our way around the major obstacles. We do not have to cure every neurosis, we just have to learn how not to be caught by them.
self burden-of-proof soul
The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority and domination bears a severe burden of proof. It is not self-legitimizing. And when it cannot bear the burden, as is commonly the case, it should be dismantled. Noam Chomsky
selfish believe want
If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish. Nicole Scherzinger
self lasts firsts
Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic. Nick Hornby
self numbers people
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free markets produce the greatest good for the greatest number always, but only, when tethered to virtue and morality. Mary Matalin
self analysis constant
I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis. Mary MacLane
self restraint self-restraint
I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.
self self-conscious conscious
I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious. Mary-Louise Parker
self-esteem communication character
Some think the only way to get even, to get attention or advantage, or to win is to bash people. This kind of behavior is never appropriate. Oftentimes character and reputation and almost always self-esteem are destroyed under the hammer of this vicious practice. Marvin J. Ashton
self practice goal
If you have self-respect, you will take satisfaction in being well groomed and will not allow yourself to perform shabbily. You will continue to work toward high standards and goals to serve others, to continue and to practice self-discipline. You will not compromise your standards or beliefs.
self-esteem criticism bruised
Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.
self-esteem helping should
We should teach, particularly ourselves, that nobody is a nobody. We are someone, and with God's help we can accomplish all things.
selfish inspiration
All our acts, reasoned and unreasoned, are selfish Mark Twain