Quotes About Self-awareness

What identity is more fraught with self-delusion and unacknowledged wrongdoing than American citizenship?

Writing is a mirror. If someone doesn't like what you write, maybe it's because they don't like what they see in the reflection.

A man may flee swiftly, and far, but he can never run from himself. —Zensunni aphorism

Those who are half alive demand what is missing in them, but deny it when it is presented to them, and they fear the proof of their own insufficiency.

We all have an innate ability to recognize flaws and weaknesses in others. It takes much greater courage, however, to recognize the same flaws in ourselves.

We avoid what we do not wish to see; we are deaf to what we do not wish to hear; we ignore what we do not wish to know. We are masters of self-deception, of manipulating our perceptions. —Bene Gesserit summation, Wallach IX archives

The ego is only a bit of consciousness swimming upon the ocean of dark things. We are an enigma unto ourselves. —The Mentat Handbook

Those who nourish themselves with hatred seldom realize they are starving. —Zensunni warning

If a man can accept his sin, he can live with it. If a man cannot accept personal sin, he suffers unbearable consequences. —Meditations from Bifrost Eyrie, Buddislamic Text

We all have the innate ability to recognize flaws and weaknesses in others. It takes much greater courage, however, to recognize the same flaws in ourselves.

When I need somebeast to tell me m'name I'll jolly well ask m'self. Pish tush! The very idea, tellin' a chap his own moniker!

that I'm not scared every time I open my eyes and see the world staring at me

Most of us think we can hide our weaknesses from the world, and sometimes, we're right. But only if we're very very strong.

I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more to be honest. It's not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all-important savior...

What, like you were never a vicious little asshole when you were that age?

No, I realize Hektor was just another rando bit player on whatever bullshit 'hero's journey' you think you've been on. But when this is over, you'll finally realize that you're not even the star of your own story. You're a goddam black hole.

If you rely exclusively on the advice of others, you may make terrible mistakes. Your heart knows what you need. Other people have other agendas.

That's why I admired that kid who spelled it wrong on purpose so he could sit down. He knew he wasn't going to win, so why stand there for 3 hours. First round. "Cat, K-A-T, I'm outta here." Then as he passed you, "Ha! I know there's 2 T's.

It's good to be here. I'm just trying to go through life without looking stupid. It's not working out too well.

It was out of the dynamic of cosmic celebration that we were created in the first place. We are to become celebration and generosity, burst into self-awareness. What is the human? The human is a space, an opening, where the universe celebrates its existence.

it's impossible to remain angry or blame other people for problems in your life when you are saying , I am responsible

Epictetus, a Greek philosopher, once wrote, "Circumstances do not make the man. They merely reveal him to himself.

No person or situation can make you feel anything-it is only the way you think about a situation that makes you feel the way you do.

Before you begin work, always ask yourself, Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?