Quotes about self
self islands doe
A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before. Jean-Francois Lyotard
selfish knives people
Nothing will make me change my principles. Even with the knife at my neck I shall still declare, up to this day, the poor have done everything; it is time for the rich to take their turn... The selfish people, the young idlers, must be made useful, whether they like it or not, and some respite be procured for the useful and respectable worker. Jean-Paul Marat
self might rooms
I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case. Graham Norton
self-esteem people drug
People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem! Gloria Gaynor
self-esteem thinking lows
Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything or anybody.
self-esteem healing let-me
Let me listen to me and not to them. Gertrude Stein
self should-have vision
Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self. Live and die with it 'cause in the end it's all you have. Lose it and you lose yourself and everything else. I should have listened to myself. Georgia O'Keeffe
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.
self years rejection
I wrote short stories for seven years and used to mail them out. You couldn't send them by e-mail. I called them manila boomerangs. I'd seal the self-addressed stamped envelope inside an envelope and I'd mail it off, and it would come back six weeks later with a rejection letter in it. Jess Walter
self promotion self-promotion
There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors.
self going-out conscious
I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That's just me. Jesse Eisenberg
self people age
I've never had tastes of people my own age. All of my friends when I was 15 were in their 40s. I'm not actually mature, just very self-conscious around people my own age because I feel like I'm supposed to act the same way they act and I don't know how.
self competition collaboration
Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers "In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity replaces exclusivity and transparency and openness to others becomes essential to the new way of conducting business, empathic sensibility has room to breathe and thrive. It is no longer so constrained by hierarchies, boundaries of exclusion, and a concept of human nature that places acquisitiveness, self-interest, and utility at the center of the human experience." Jeremy Rifkin
self way interest
It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender. Jenny Holzer
self who-i-am stronger
I want to be judged by who I am as a person, not by what happened to me. In fact, all the bad things have only contributed to my confidence and sense of self, because I survived them and became a better and stronger person. Jenna Jameson
self empowerment trying
What I'm trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb. Glenn Beck
self views community
In my view, the right to bear arms is in the Constitution for three main reasons: self-protection, community protection, and protection from tyrrany.