Quotes About Self-discovery

Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.

For the first time, he began calling himself Barack. Partly because a beautiful, older girl told him it was a great name. But also because he now felt that it was a great name, too, a name that belonged to him.

Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the life of your betters.

Wake up! Be yourself, not a bad copy of something else!

When I hear girls I know longing to be what they call liberated, and when I hear others rejoicing in what they think of as liberation, I feel a fool, because I simply do not know where I stand. (Maria Magdalena Theotoky)

Who is she? That is what you must discover, Ramezay, and you must find your answer in psychological truth, not in objective truth. You will not find out quickly, I am sure. And while you are searching, get on with your own life and accept the possibility that it may be purchased at the price of hers and that this may be God's plan for you and her.

it goes something like 'There are a lot of ways to be yourself.

It was blissful, spending time with someone who would leave you alone. I loved him for it. And I was happy to repay in kind. It had never occurred to me that leaving someone alone could harden into a habit that could become a barrier.

I liked that: a little pressure on the understood boundaries of yourself.

It's funny, because I had thought, living through those first two months after the night at the lake, that the great crisis was about What I Was or Who I'd Become or What Terrible Thing Was Wrong With Me (and About to Go Wronger) and Why All Was Changed As a Result. But I was still struggling against the idea that all *was* changed.

Robin Norwood

Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about.

I was more than my limitations; I was learning

Life itself is a journey after all, and what matters most is not what you are getting, but who you are becoming.

Carl Jung once said, 'Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.

The saddest thing is that this is often all we understand about ourselves: that so often, we live our neighbor's life, instead of our own.

Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.

Its purpose is self-renewal, and this is accomplished by spending time alone, immersed in the beautiful blanket of silence.

Most people live — whether physically, intellectually or morally — in a very restricted circle of their potential being. We all have reservoirs of life to draw upon of which we do not dream. William James

Todos estamos aquí por una razón especial. Deja de ser un prisionero de tu pasado. Conviértete en arquitecto de tu futuro.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become." —Steve Jobs

I've shared with you that long stretches spent in noiseless contemplation is one of the secrets of the advanced mind. Ultimately, you're the only person you'll be with your entire life. Why not strengthen your relationship with your greatest self, fully know your genius and start a lifetime love affair with your most noble nature?

Walking into the very things that scare you is how you reclaim your forgotten power.

Do not betray the powers that sleep within you by staying too late in a soft bed that keeps you sedated.