Quotes about self
selfish men inferiority
Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. George Santayana
self useless occupation
To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of its content.
self mystery
The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on
self-confidence age jargon
Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems. George Packer
self world taste
There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren or friends; and since then I have studied only to show myself approved unto God. George Muller
selfish heart science
Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail to do so will slowly perish. . . . There must be re-education of the will and of the heart as well as of the intellect; and the ideals of service must supplant those of selfishness and greed. G. Stanley Hall
self-esteem struggle adversity
originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. Fyodor Dostoevsky
self people feelings
And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment.
self-esteem hate long
One does not hate so long as one continues to rate low, but only when one has come to rate equal or higher. Friedrich Nietzsche
self path firsts
When a nation is on the downward path, when it feels its belief in its own future, its hope of freedom slipping from it, when it begins to see submission as a first necessity and the virtues of submission as measures of self-preservation, then it must overhaul its God.
self doe matter
When self control is lacking in small things, the ability to apply it to matters of importance withers away. Every day in which one does not at least deny himself some trifle is badly spent and a threat to the day following.
self soul events
If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves nor in things; and if our soul has trembled with happiness and sounded like a harp string just once, all eternity was needed to produce this one event - and in this single moment of affirmation all eternity was called good, redeemed, justified, and affirmed.
self african-tribes fearless
My intimate knowledge of many central African tribes has everywhere convinced me of the necessity that the Negro does not respect treaties but only brute force.”• General Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha on German South West Africa “At the level of individuals, violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction, it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect. Frantz Fanon
self fearless despair
Violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect
self arrogance age
Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness. Franz Grillparzer
selfish real who-i-am
Today, the sun is everywhere, and everything solid is nothing but its own shadow, I know that the real things in life, the things I remember, the things I turn over in my hands, are not houses, bank accounts, prizes or promotions. What I remember is love -- all love -- love of this dirt road, this sunrise, a day by the river, the stranger I met in a café. Myself, even, which is the hardest thing of all to love, because love and selfishness are not the same thing. It is easy to be selfish. It is hard to love who I am. No wonder I am surprised if you do. Jeanette Winterson
selfish want life-is
I don't want to eke out my life like a resource in short supply. The only selfish life is a timid one. To hold back, to withdraw, to keep the best in reserve, both overvalues the self, and undervalues what the self is.
self people feels
Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.
selfish life-is
The only selfish life is a timid one.
selfish grief tears
Unhappiness is selfish, grief is selfish. For whom are the tears?
selfish thinking sick
I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself. Jim Carrey
self-esteem mean self-confidence
A better you means a better universe.
self-worth self standards
Self worth sets the standard that life meets. Jewel
self photographer
All knowledge is self-reflective. Jerry Uelsmann
self shells lovers
Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self. Jerzy Kosinski
self effort doe
We cannot, even given our most imaginative efforts, construct a concept of Self that does not impute some causal influence of prior mental states on later ones. Jerome Bruner
self agents needs
We need to conceive of ourselves as "agents" impelled by self-generated intentions.
self employment examination
In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it is with you in the days of ordinary conversation and in the circumstances of secular employment. Jeremy Taylor
self rehearsal
it takes a lot of rehearsal to become yourself. Jennifer Stone
selfish kids people
I don't want to have kids and so I am not going to have kids. People who want kids are going to have kids. I'm doing what I want to do and people who want kids are doing what they want to do. What about this scenario makes me selfish? Jen Kirkman
self taught aging
It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet not to enjoy: to be present at this great spectacle of life and never to be liberated from a small hungry shivering self. George Eliot
self simplicity consciousness
Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.
self objectivity vision
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.