Quotes About Self-awareness

Sometimes doing things we used to do reminds us of who we used to be, and not always in good ways.

Look who's full of himself," MeLaan said from her chair. "He's always full of himself," Wayne said, cracking a walnut. "Mostly on account of him eatin' his own fingernails. I seen him do it.

Growing up in America, I'd come to assume that everything I had—and did—was the newest, best, and most advanced in the world. It

I'm smart enough not to follow my own advice, thank you very much.

She felt less like a mere human being, and more like a human who was merely being.

I don't talk to myself because I'm crazy." "No?" "I do it because I'm awesome.

He didn't like it when people used the word "stupid" for the way he was. People called one another stupid when they made mistakes. Dabbid wasn't a mistake. He could make mistakes. Then he was stupid. But not always. He couldn't think fast like others. But that made him different, not stupid. Stupid was a choice.

It frightens me," Shallan said, "because we all see the world by some kind of light personal to us, and that light changes perception. I don't see clearly. I want to, but I don't know if I ever truly can.

I'm pretty good at being me," I said. "I've had all these years to practice—I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

Do not deny your own talents simply because you envy another's.

I'm not strong enough, I've never been strong enough. You know better than I what your limits are, Wit said. It's not such a terrible thing, to be too weak. Makes us need one another.

Humans don't have programming." "Yes you do. You have too much of it. Conflicting programs, none of it interfacing properly, all calling different functions at the same time—or the same function for contradictory reasons. Yet you ignore it sometimes. That is not a flaw. It is what makes you you." I

There has to be a balance, Vin," he said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

But never try to be who you aren't; you don't have nearly enough practice to pull it off.

A man found himself when he was alone. You only had one person to chat with, one person to blame. He

Intentarán definirte por medio de algo que no eres -dijo Jasnah-. No lo permitas. Yo puedo ser erudita, mujer, historiadora, Radiante. La gente seguirá intentando clasificarme por lo que me vuelve ajena a ellos. La ironía es que pretenden que lo que no soy, o aquello en lo que no creo, se mi principal seña de identidad. Siempre lo he rechazado, y voy a seguir haciéndolo.

No te preocupes si no das a la gente lo que quieren. Dale quien eres, y que eso sea suficiente.

We want to imagine that people are consistent, steady, stable. We define who they are, create descriptions to lock them on a page, divide them up by their likes, talents, beliefs. Then we pretend some—perhaps most—are better than we are, because they stick to their definitions, while we never quite fit ours.

I'm not crazy, I'm compratmentalized.

To be honest, 'arrogant' doesn't feel like quite the right word. It's not specific enough." "And what would be the right word, then?" "I don't know. 'Errorgant,' perhaps." Jasnah raised a skeptical eyebrow. "It means to be twice as certain as someone who is merely arrogant," Shallan said, "while possessing only one-tenth the requisite facts.

There has to be a balance, Vin," he said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between who we wish to be and who we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

You can be you without this being bad thing. You can admit you act and think differently from your brother, but can learn not to see this as flaw. It is just Renarin Kholin.

If I pretend Ã¢â'¬Â¦ If I pretend I didn't do those things, it means that I can't have grown to become someone else.

Technically," M-Bot said, hovering a few centimeters closer to him, "the word 'sentient' just means an ability to perceive and/or feel. Many people misuse this word. Instead, 'sapience' is the word for self-awareness—or intelligence like a human being. Which if you think about it is a human-centric definition. Those rascally humans and their linguistic biases.