Quotes About Self-discovery

Sufism is something which happens to a person, not something which is given to him.

El Sufismo es algo que le ocurre a una persona, y no algo que se le da.

El Sufismo es el conocimiento mediante el cual el hombre puede realizarse y lograr su permanencia.

I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.

Cierra los ojos y a obscuras piérdete bajo el follaje rojo de tus párpados. Húndete en esas espirales del sonido que zumba y cae y suena allá, remoto hacia el sitio del tímpano, como una catarata ensordecida. En esa sombra líquida del sueño moja tu desnudez; abandona tu forma, espuma que no se sabe quién dejó en la orilla; piérdete en ti, infinita, en tu infinito ser, mar que se pierde en otro mar; olvídate y olvídame. -Octavio Paz

There is a serious discrepancy between what we really wants, and what we usually do to get what we think we want. What we really want is to fill the hole inside and become complete, and what we do is look for success and growth outside.

It's a wonderful paradox: only when you have a changeless sense of who you are, can real changes take place. It is the ground of your absolute value and everything that is truly worthwhile.

Don't be confined by the self you have experienced, the self you know. Going beyond what you know and what you have experienced, challenge your brain with new questions and give it new tasks—then it will begin to manifest infinite creativity.

If you look within your heart, I am here, and you are free.

Becoming an Earth Citizen means that you are breaking out of a self-imposed idea of who you are and embracing the broader reality of who you truly are.

Before you sleep, experience yourself as what you really are by recognizing the vast space inside you, and feeling the Energy-Consciousness, LifeParticles, overflowing through the space and through your body.

Everyone has it To know what it is. Take a journey deep within And open your eyes wide. Then you will see everything.

I know you . . . That you hold inside Vast possibilities and dreams And limitless love.

Colliding with the bright light Of my true self, My illusions scream loudly, Themselves illusions Created by other illusions, Finally knowing that Deep within me Beneath the shell Lies the sacred beauty Of my true self.

Confucius said, "at 15 I set my heart on learning; at 30 I firmly took my stand; at 40 I had no delusions; at 50 I knew the mandate of heavan; at 60 my ear was attuned; at 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of what was right.

Yes. I was, I see now, an asshole who wanted to roll the dice.

The outsider is not sure who he is. He has found an "I", but it is not his true "I".' His main business is to find his way back to himself.

A stray thought that maybe I should run away to South America started to sound like a good idea. I could change my name to Nikki Shelverstien and dye my hair a rich dark brunette. I could be a maid at a high-class hotel and pretend I didn't speak Spanish or English so everyone would leave me alone.

First, you must understand you are nothing. And from there, you can become something.

How do I become what I know I must be?

Learned more from my mission have I, than I ever did from any else.

Nothing is a constant in our lives; not money, ambitions, people, or anything else, except you; yourself, alone.

The superior way of learnedness is to teach oneself of the world.

Acknowledge who you are, then with resolution pursue your higher self, that ideal and perfect version of yourself, reflecting God's light, knowing that you will fail over and over again, but you pursue anyway. You live your life the best way you can, but the important thing is to live, and to do it with love.