Quotes About Self-awareness

Therapists tend to have very little appreciation for the fact that other people function in radically different ways from themselves, even when both patient and therapist are neurotic!

We all like to think we are objective and open-minded, but that is sheer nonsense. Each of us holds certain attitudes and biases that prevent us from seeing the truth. The better we understand our biases, the better we can make adjustments.

Incompetent, confident people are not likely to become more competent.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself—that, my friend, is very hard to do.

The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning, but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel.

Anger should be expressed. - Any anger that is not coming out, flowing freely, will turn into sadism, power drive, stammering, and other means of torturing.

Honestly expressing yourself...it is very difficult to do. I mean it is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky and be flooded with a cocky feeling and then feel like pretty cool...or I can make all kind of phony things, you see what I mean, blinded by it or I can show you some really fancy movement. But to express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself...now that, my friend, is very hard to do.

The less confident we are in ourselves, the less we are in touch with ourselves and the world, the more we want to control.

Having one's own will. — What does self-willed mean? Hell, isn't it knowing above all, that, indeed, one is the captain of one's soul, the master of one's life? Now what causes such realization and, consequently, brings about a change in one's behavior? TO BE REAL, TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONESELF.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

He was far more human, with all the failings that implied, than he'd ever admitted to himself. He was only a fool with an outsize ego, like every other fool who pranced and paraded through life, deluded they were somehow finer and better trained than most others, until shown the truth.

I know I'm good but I'm also a poser. That's artistic balance! In the second half of the century, "authenticity" would be what you made of it, a hall of mirrors. Put on the work shirt, young man. No big deal. As you get older, it won't concern you. It's just the lay of the land. In your youth, however, you are easy prey for the many tricks of the mind. At this moment, I know my mid is not at its most centered. I can tell because I'm afraid, and that's not my style; I don't need to be, but I am.

You manage it (mental health), you learn and evolve, but another recognition you gotta have is that these are the cards you were dealt...These things are never going to be out of your life. You gotta be constantly vigilant and realistic about these things.

We," he intoned, "are the opportunity that recognizes itself.

I would say, 'I'm alone, but I'm not lonely.' But I was just kidding myself.

Hair loss is God's way of telling me I'm human.