Quotes about self
self spirit relation
A human being is a spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is self? The self is a relation that relates itself to itself or is the relation's relating itself to itself in the relation. Soren Kierkegaard
self deception infinite
Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception.
self miracle scientist
This is the miracle of life: that each person who heeds him or herself knows what no scientist can ever know: who he or she is.
self fishing monsters
I go fishing for a thousand monsters in the depths of my own self
self relation relate
The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self is not the relation but that the relation relates itself to its own self.
selfish want letting-you-go
Listen up, Wanda. I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do the right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it. Stephenie Meyer
selfish worry want
I don't want you to leave Which is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.
self fire different
As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present. Marcus Aurelius
self mind lasts
If you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable.
self gains return
When forced, as it seems, by your environment to be utterly disquieted, return with all speed into your self, staying in discord no longer than you must. By constant recurrence to the harmony, you will gain more command over it.
self-improvement wickedness ridiculous
How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.
selfish refinement busybodies
Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody.
self upset unity
When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.
self-esteem independence self-determination
For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
selfish people ungrateful
I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.
self true-self
My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.
self people car
Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better. Marc Andreessen
self-control labor severe
No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself. Thomas a Kempis
self-esteem esteem highest
The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
self understanding mind
Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds.
self mirrors want
If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance,
selfish believe religion
The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in. Thomas A. Edison
self-confidence satisfied conditions
We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.
self-esteem pride light
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
self doubt physicians
Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients. Siddhartha Mukherjee
selfish
I'm just selfish. I have to be for what I do. Shia LaBeouf
self blame fingers
All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.
self usual unusual
My usual self is a very unusual self. Shelagh Delaney
self hatred self-hatred
At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred. Sharon Salzberg
self meditation-practice differences
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
self shopping house
For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious. Shannen Doherty
self records way
I don't enjoy the work that I do. It's just that it's not self-sustaining anymore. The way that I like to make records - they're expensive records to make and just can't afford to do it anymore. Natalie Merchant
self details conscious
Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious. Natalie Goldberg