Quotes About Self-discovery

I sometimes astonish my patients by telling them that it is far more important that they should be able to lose themselves than that they should be able to find themselves. For it is only in losing oneself that one does find oneself.

Brooding on God, I may become a man.

no one knows what's really wrong with you but you; no one can find a cure for it but you; no one but you can identify it as a cure; and once you find it, no one but you can do anything about it.

Hasta la soledad tiene un límite para quienes están suficientemente solos durante suficiente tiempo

A teacher cannot give you the truth The truth is already in you You only need to open yourself – body, mind and heart- so that his or her teachings will penetrate your own seeds of understanding and enlightenment If you let the words enter you, the soil and the seeds will do the rest of the work

What you are looking for is already in you...You already are everything you are seeking.

Why wander all over the world looking for something you already have? You are already the richest person on Earth.

We are too undemanding, too ready to watch whatever is on the screen, too lonely, lazy, or bored to create our own lives. We turn on the TV and leave it on, allowing someone else to guide us[.]

If someone were to ask, "What's the purpose of walking meditation? What's the point? Why do you practice it?" There are several answers we can give. But for me the best answer is, "Because I like it.

You cannot remain yourself.

Don't look outside yourself for happiness. Let go of the idea that you don't have it. It is available within you.

You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you would like to play the flute truly well, you must find your true self on the Path of Awakening

With mindful awareness, we can look into the nature of our suffering and find out what kind of food we have been supplying to keep it alive. When we find the source of nourishment for our suffering, we can cut off that supply, and our suffering will fade.

Whether you can see the Buddha or not depends on you, on the state of your being.

The way out is in.

Liberation and salvation can't come from anyone other than yourself. You can't wait for somebody to help you. You are your own island. Go back to your in-breath and out-breath. Touch the peace within you, and you can see more deeply.

If we are still seeking or pursuing something else, something more, we're not yet aimless. We're not yet free, and we're not yet our true self. Our true self is already there within us, and as soon as we can see it, we become a free person.

El único modo de liberarnos del miedo y ser realmente felices consiste en reconocerlo y ver profundamente en su fuente. Dejemos de querer escapar del miedo, permitamos que aflore en nuestra conciencia y mirémoslo directa y fijamente a los ojos.

All of my life I have asked the question, 'Who would I be if I had grown up in a loving home?' And I have no way to answer it. I don't know if I would be placid and satisfied with whatever is around me - a happy, jolly, sedentary person.

I don't want people following Jon Kabat-Zinn. I want them following themselves.

My full name is Jonathan.

The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal entries that I realized I was writing in lyric form.

I started writing a journal, and I was learning so much along the way. How to deal with your family, how to deal with your friends.

We're drawn to making our mark, leaving a record to show we were here, and a journal is a great place to do it. Once you start drawing, writing, and gluing stuff in every day, it can quickly become a habit - addictive, even. Your attitude should be: 'I can do this, but I mustn't make it too intimidating.'