Quotes About Self-awareness

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

We need a millstone around our neck to keep us humble.

We must not be dependent on the judgment of the world or the flesh; in fact, we must not be dependent on the judgment even of our own hearts regarding ourselves.

Hence it is great wisdom to know that we are nothing but sin, so that we do not think of sin as lightly as do the pope's theologians, who define sin as "anything said, done, or thought against the Law of God." Define sin, rather, on the basis of this psalm, as all that is born of father and mother, before a man is old enough to say, do, or think anything.

The inner and hidden part of this wisdom is nothing else than knowing oneself thoroughly, and therefore hating oneself.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.

I sit and feel lonely. Sitting and feeling lonely is something I am a spectacular success at. I can do it for hours. Everyone is good at something.

Eu cred c? s? fii inteligent este mai r?u decât s? fii prost, pentru c? un prost nu-ÅŸi d? seama ce-i cu el, pe când cineva inteligent, chiar dac?-i umil ÅŸi modest tot o ÅŸtie.

Getting confirmation of one's own creation is based solely on uncertainty and a lack of focus in one's own thinking.

Thus knowing oneself is no less, and may be more, of a requirement than understanding the enemy.

The problem that is being addressed in this therapy is that the ego is mistaken for the self, when it is not

it is more properly understood as a masking of the self that is a constructed identity, a character. When the ego is too dominant, it prevents people from knowing their true identity and, as a result, interferes with an individual's ability to make informed and clear distinctions between authentic reality and contrived reality, and to act accordingly.

People only do to you what you let them.

Susie: Okay, Calvin. But you know what? You can't say, youcan'texpectanythingfrommeI'mbroken! And turn around the next minute and say, ohwoeismeeverybodytreatsmelikeI'mbroken! Which one is it? I can treat you the way I really feel, or I can treat you careful. Me: Real. Just be real.

But sometimes you just have to be your own eyes. You have to see yourself shining and stop waiting for other eyes to see you.

1) Who are you? 2) What do you do? 3) Why does it matter?

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

The "I" in the poem is not you but someone who knows a lot about you.

Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before.

According to Suetonius, Vespasian continued his down-to-earth line in self-deprecating wit right up until his last words: 'Oh dear, I think I'm becoming a god …

A woman is truly beautiful only when she is naked and she knows it.

Practice being at home with yourself, as you step out to be with others.

I think, therefore I'm single.