Quotes About Self-discovery

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being." "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated

No, no me gusta el trabajo. perezoso y pensar en las bellas cosas que pueden hacerse. No me gusta el trabajo, a ningún hombre le gusta, pero me gusta lo que hay en el trabajo, la ocasión de encontrarse a sí mismo. La propia realidad, eso que sólo uno conoce y no los demás, que ningún otro hombre pue de conocer. Ellos sólo pueden ver el espectáculo, y nunca pueden decir lo que realmente significa.

the fate of the unaffirmed person gives us all the clues as to what this person can do and be in order to become more receptive to

Surely I am me. There must be a me more than the beauty of my face, there must be a something other than the delicacy of skin and the accidental lines of my jaw and cheekbone. What have men loved if it wasn't me? Can I ever find out who I am or what I am if I don't let beauty perish and live on in whatever flesh age gives me?

It's not about knowing who you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Every step you take is forever. You can't make it go away. None of it.

It's a life's work to see yourself for what you really are and even then you might be wrong. And that is something I don't want to be wrong about.

If we do not know ourselves in the waking world, what chance in dreams?

You might think you could run away and change your name and I don't know what all. Start over. And then one mornin' you wake up and look at the ceilin' and guess who's layin' there?

It's a life's work to see yourself for what you really are and even then you might be wrong.

At the farther edge of the town they came upon a solitary house in a field and they crossed and entered and walked through the rooms. They came upon themselves in a mirror and he almost raised the pistol. It's us, Papa, the boy whispered. It's us.

Do you think you can learn all there is to know about yourself from yourself?

As for myself again if I cant be decorum's sworn enemy while savoring its fruits I simply see no place for me at all.

It's a life's work to see yourself for what you really are and even then you might be wrong. And that is somethin I dont want to be wrong about.

In die schmutzigen Decken gehüllt, gingen sie durch die Straßen. Er hielt den Revolver auf Hüfthöhe und den Jungen bei der Hand. AM anderen Ende der Stadt stießen sie auf ein für sich stehendes Haus auf einer Wiese und gingen durch sämtliche Zimmer. Sie trafen auf sich selbst in einem Spiegel, und er hätte beinahe den Revolver gehoben. Das sind wir Papa, flüsterte der Junge. Das sind wir.

After a while he said: It's not about knowin where you are. It's about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. Or anybody's. You dont start over. That's what it's about. Ever step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. None of it. You understand what I'm saying?

It may even be that everybody starts out fairly unique only most people get over it.

No matter the magnitude of your doubts about the nature of the world you can't come up with another world without coming up with another you. It may even be that everybody starts out fairly unique only most people get over it.

She said one time that just because the world was spinning didnt mean that you couldnt get off. There's

A mirror hung between the shelves. Clara stepped in front of it and let her fingers run over the silver roses that covered the frame. She had never seen anything so beautiful. The glass they surrounded was dark, as if the night had spilled onto it. It was misted up, and right where she saw the reflection of her face was the imprint of a hand.

What's the matter princess? Do you know the end of your story?

And that everyone has to find their own path, even brothers.

She] did not reply. She didn't want to talk to anyone. She just wanted to listen to what her bewildered heart was telling her.

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