Quotes About Self-awareness

Cities remind us that the desire to escape from the problems of other people by fleeing to a suburb, small town, or a monastery, for that matter, is an unholy thing, and ultimately self-defeating. We can no more escape from other people than we can escape from ourselves.

glass, madam. He looks to see his own face, not

Heaven isn't a place, Fanning!...Why does everyone assume it's a destination - some cerebral version of Grand Central Station? It's a state of being! The unshakeable certainty of who you are and where you fit in the world! The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune aside, we suffer most when we try to be someone or something we're not." (page 220)

If you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.

But if I do not accept my responsibility, then I have not changed at all. You are right when you say I have shown my true face to the world. Now I must accept the consequences of a life built on truth, and embrace the woman I have become.

Kabir I recently came across: "…just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

It's terrible to live believing that everything you do is of the utmost importance.

You're cold, Virginia. How have you let yourself become so cold?

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. - Frank Outlaw

Know your body, understand your mind & embrace your spiritual path.

The beauty about the D-list is that people who are on it probably don't know they are.

I know my strengths. Painfully aware of the weaknesses. There's many. I love sports. So working towards a common goal, that's exciting to me.

Show me a woman with both feet planted firmly on the ground - and I'll show you a girl who can't get her knickers off.

We're held hostage by the stories that other people write for us and about us. We don't stop long enough to question why the story was written and whose purpose it serves.

Next, write down five things that you're really good at. Then just try to match them up!

Write down five things you love to do. Next, write down five things that you're really good at. Then just try to match them up!

Two things should have become readily apparent to you by now: First, I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack when it comes to obvious things, and second ... well, it's the same as the first.

Exactly. You might not be the sharpest apple in the barrel, but you do have your wicks lit when it matters.

I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

You've got to breathe! And make the bridge between the top half of your body and the bottom. Between the woman in you who's sweet and tender, and the woman in you who's a bitch.

Ante todo, recuerde honrarse a sí mismo. Si está exhausto, satisfaga sus propias necesidades antes de tratar de ayudar a otras personas o al mundo que le rodea.

a type of violence, that much charm continuously wielded, a blade that severed you from your own good sense.

What they don't understand is that my condition is a symptom of me. That I am a stone buried deep in the ground, something that will never grow, no matter how good the dirt.

Growth and transformation occur not by changing who we are, but as we summon the courage to be who we are.