Quotes About Self-awareness

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.

I'm old and the mirrors don't lie.

to the young let me say: I am not sage, rebbe, roshi, guru I am Bad Example. to experienced persons who have criticized my life work as cheap, superficial, pretentious, insignificant: you do not know how Right you are.

Most offensive is what he imagines a person thinks about himself.

Research suggests when it comes to understanding our feelings, we humans have an odd mix of low ability and high confidence.

Says Bargh: "We all hold dear idea that we´re the captain of our own sould, and we´re in charge, and it´s a very scary feeling when we are not. In fact, that´s what psychosis is – the feeling of detachment from reality and that you are not in control, and that´s a very frightening feeling for anyone.

We believe that when we choose anything, judge a stranger and even fall in love, we understand the principal factors that influenced us. Very often nothing could be further from the truth. As a result, many of our most basic assumptions about ourselves, and society, are false.

Personal law is simply the thought that controls your mind and your life more than any other thought. Finding that thought is the most valuable knowledge that you can have about yourself. It is like the leverage on personal change. It enables you to change very efficiently.

Without meditation, contemplation and skillful action, the anger lurking in your mind can become the (d)anger within your life." Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)

LORD strengthen me where I am too weak and weaken me where I am too strong!

They say: 'Come to tea and let us comfort you.' But it's no good. One must be crucified on one's own private cross. I know that V. will not come across the garden from the lodge, & yet I look in that direction for her. I know that she is drowned & yet I listen for her to come in at the door. I know that it is the last page & yet I turn it over. There is no limit to one's stupidity & selfishness.

I see clearly that I have achieved practically nothing.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

Don't trust anyone who keep telling you what's wrong with you,

Either you are all asses, or I am an ass," he would declare seriously and even angrily. And all his friends as seriously declared: "You are an ass. We can tell by your voice.

My head is a bier for my thoughts, my body a coffin.

Darling stop being philosophical, it doesn't suit you, it makes your nose red.

Darling stop being philosophical it doesn't suit you, it makes your nose red.

There is nobody that can make you happy, you must take care of this matter yourself.

For the thought of throwing the explosive does not come from our philosophic attitude but from the fact that we are holding it.

Let others lie to you, but no one manages to lie to himself.

The happiest people are focused on living their own life (not someone else's) as well as possible.

When you can't see yourself objectively, you won't see anyone else objectively, either.

Sometimes the most helpful thing you can do is to stop trying to be helpful.