Quotes About Self-awareness

Human beings do not realise the extent to which their own sense of defeat prevents them from doing things they could do perfectly well.

It had only recently been discovered that dolphins could recognize themselves in a mirror, the only other animal besides a chimp to have such self-awareness.

If I were a carpenter, I would build you a window to my soul. But I would leave that window shut and locked, so that every time you tried to look through it all you would see is your own reflection. You would see that my soul is a reflection of you.

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

Be what you know you are without fear of disapproval.

Could it be that this will be my greatest downfall?

First, you must understand you are nothing. And from there, you can become something.

If I exist, I am not another

I was drowning in spiritual texts and self-help books looking for answers everywhere outside myself.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?î

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability he has.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing meI will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

You cannot deceive the mirror

It's one thing to remember your roots, Sam. Helps us keep our balance. But don't let your roots become your excuse to be stuck.

This being human is a guest-house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out

Spiritual Practices In Hindu myth, Hanuman, servant of the god Ram, tells Ram: "When I don't know who I am, I serve you. When I know who I am, I am you." Can you see the evolution of your soul through service? How can you be the change you long to see in the world?

And this is what I mean by "aging from the inside out." If we merely move around our internal furniture, redesigning our roles and maintaining high gear, we do not see through the ego's charade. Instead, we permit it to continue its endless efforts at control. And this does not carry us deeper into our spiritual center, beyond ego.

Hence no progress or growth is possible until the shadow is adequately confronted—and confronting means more than merely knowing about it. It is not until we have truly been shocked into seeing ourselves as we really are, instead of as we wish or hopefully assume we are, that we can take the first step toward individual reality.

There are at least five effective pathways for traveling inward to gain insight into the composition of our shadow: (1) soliciting feedback from others as to how they perceive us; (2) uncovering the content of our projections; (3) examining our "slips" of tongue and behavior, and investigating what is really occurring when we are perceived other than we intended to be perceived; (4) considering our humor and our identifications; and (5) studying our dreams, daydreams, and fantasies.

We invite the part of ourselves we are working with to step into its Core State and have it. Then we invite our inner part to notice how already having the Core State as a way of being in the world transforms each of our Intended Outcomes.