Quotes About Self-awareness

The key to warriorship and the first principle of Shambhala vision is not being afraid of who you are. Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.

So the problem begins in a very simple way. When body and mind are unsynchronized, you feel like a caricature of yourself, almost like a primordial idiot or a clown. In that situation, it is very difficult to relate to the rest of the world. That

It is important to see that the main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego.

The ultimate definition of bravery is not being afraid of who you are.

When we speak of "ignorance" we do not mean stupidity at all. In a sense, ignorance is very intelligent, but it is a completely two-way intelligence. That is to say, one purely reacts to one's projections rather than just seeing what is. There is no situation of "letting be" at all, because one is ignoring what one is all the time. That is the basic definition of ignorance.

the yidam is the expression of one's own basic nature, visualized as a divine form in order to relate with it and express its full potentiality.

The skandhas present a complete picture of ego. According to Buddhist psychology, the ego is simply a collection of skandhas or heaps—but actually there is no such thing as ego. It is a brilliant work of art, a product of the intellect, which says, "Let's give all this a name. Let's call it 'I.

Humility is not just something we develop so we can claim to be more spiritual. It also allows you to see your actions more clearly.

As you're reading through code, you will find things that you would have never done. You will find things you might have never even thought of. Why? What was the developer thinking? What were his or her motivations? You can even learn from bad code with this kind of critical, self-aware exploration of an existing work.

podemos vivir sanos indefinidamente pero a condición de saber alimentarnos correctamente, de saber relacionarnos correctamente, de saber conocernos y aceptarnos y amarnos y dar sentido a nuestra vida, de saber ser felices y saber amar.

I'm a B+ student of life.

I don't like it when the inside parts of you don't match up with what the brain part of you thinks. If there were a medicine to make this go away I would take it, even if it was cherry flavor, which tastes terrible and is not my favorite.

Don't you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you've made, every hurt you've received, every bit of meanness you've dealt out? There's no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values.... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are.

Hypocrite lecteur—mon semblable—mon frère[Hypocrite reader—my double—my brother]!

If you're smart, you keep happiness to yourself.

I often said that when they put me in jail in 1981 it was not the FBI's intent, but they saved my life. They only have seven days in a week, and by the time I went to jail I was drinking eight.

He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is a civil war, and in all such contentions, triumphs are defeats.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.

He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the least so.

Worry more about your conscience than your reputation. Because your conscience is what you are, your reputation is what others think of you. And what others think of you is their problem.