Quotes About Self-awareness

As a man thinketh in his heart so is he, not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. As

A man's weakness and strength, purity and impurity, are his own, and not another man's; they are brought about by himself, and not by another; and they can only be altered by himself, never by another.

His suffering and his happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.

Circumstance does not make the person; it reveals him to himself

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Men do now not entice that which they want, but that which they're. Their whims, fancies, and aims are thwarted at each step, but their inmost thoughts and goals are fed with their own food, be it foul or smooth.

Men do not attract that which they -want,- but that which they -are.-

You must get outside yourself, and must begin to examine and understand yourself.

if he will watch, control, and alter his thoughts, tracing their effects upon himself, upon others, and upon his life and circumstances, linking cause and effect by patient practice and investigation, and utilizing his every experience, even to the most trivial, everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that knowledge of himself which is Understanding, Wisdom, Power. In

Don't accept that others know you better than you know yourself. Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Men cling to and gratify the flesh as though it were going to last for ever, and though they try to forget the nearness and inevitability of its dissolution, the dread of death and of the loss of all that they cling to clouds their happiest hours, and the chilling shadow of their own selfishness follows them like a remorseless specter.

We begin to be mature adults only when we cease to whine and revile and commence to search for the hidden justice which regulates our lives.

When a man burns himself, does he accuse the fire? Therefore, when a man suffers, let him look for some ignorance or disobedience within himself.

Você é aquilo que você pensa.

Circumstances don't shape us, so much as they reveal us. As the masters of our thoughts, we are the authors of our environments. As the sole gardener of your own mind, you have more power than any other force in shaping your environment and your destiny.

We do not attract what we want but who we are.

Todo lo que somos es el resultado de lo que hemos pensado. Está fundado en nuestros pensamientos; está hecho de nuestros pensamientos". Así dijo Buda, y por consiguiente se entiende que si un hombre es feliz, es porque tiene pensamientos felices; y si es miserable, es por que insiste en tener pensamientos de derrota y debilidad.

A man's weakness and strength, purity and impurity, are his own, and not another man's; they are brought about by himself, and not by another; and they can only be altered by himself, never by another.

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

A man's weakness and strength, purity and impurity, are his own, and not another man's; they are brought about by himself, and not by another; and they can only be altered by himself, never by another. His condition is also his own, and not another man's. His suffering and his happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains. A

and on the way to, yet long before he has reached, that supreme perfection, he will have found, working in his mind and life, the Great Law which is absolutely just, and which cannot, therefore, give good for evil, evil for good. Possessed of such knowledge, he will then know, looking back upon his past ignorance and blindness, that his life is, and always was, justly ordered, and that all his past experiences, good and bad, were the equitable outworking of his evolving, yet unevolved self.

We are built up or brought down by ourselves. Within your mind you can build a fortress of joy, strength, and peace; or you can forge the weapons of thought that will bring about your own destruction.

All things are mirrors in which you see yourself reflected, and the gloom which you perceive in your work is but a reflection of that mental state which you bring to it. Bring a right, an unselfish, state of heart to the thing, and lo! it is at once transformed, and becomes a means of strength and blessedness, reflecting back that which you have brought to it.

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