Quotes About Self-awareness

That framework is the idea that in order to live a good (in the sense of eudaimonic) life, one has to understand two things: the nature of the world (and by extension, one's place in it) and the nature of human reasoning (including when it fails, as it so often does).

It's foolish and a desperate plan, but I accept that I am a foolish and desperate individual, so it's perfect.

Cei st?pâniÈ›i de un viciu ascuns pot identifica È™i analiza lucid mecanismele interne ale acelui viciu, când îi afecteaz? pe ceilalÈ›i.

El problema es que mi cabeza no está nunca despejada. Mi cerebro es una casa de campo para demonios. Vienen a menudo y cada vez son más numerosos. Se preparan aperitivos con el licor de mis angustias. Se sirven de mi estrés porque saben que lo necesito para avanzar. Todo depende de la dosis. Demasiado estrés y mi cuerpo explota. Demasiado poco, y me paralizo. Pero el demonio más violento soy yo mismo.

A candle cannot boast standing next to the sun.

Define yourself; you have the monopoly on your life's dictionary.

One who cannot dance must not blame the song.

The most difficult person to hide from is yourself.

Your inner voice whispers, but speaks the loudest.

If you're an oak you don't pretend you are a flower

The constant assertion of masculinity is always the most obvious tell of a fake. You do not constantly assert what you know you have.

Public speaking creates a mirror in which you see in the audience an amplified version of what is going on inside of you.

Entendía que mi vida no tenía sentido, y ese conocimiento me liberaba de tener que lograr cualquier cosa.

Self-awareness plays a key role in stopping fear and laziness from standing in the way of accepting a reality that must be accepted in order to make the best of a bad situation.

You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head.

You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on." Homer Simpson

The key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don't become them. Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same as being a sad person. You can walk through a storm and feel the wind but you know you are not the wind.

People with mental illnesses aren't wrapped up in themselves because they are intrinsically any more selfish than other people. Of course not. They are just feeling things that can't be ignored. Things that point the arrows inward.

Everyone is a comedy. If people are laughing at you, they just don't quite understand the joke that is themselves.

I used to worry about fitting in until I realized the reason I didn't fit in was because I didn't want to.

The key to happiness - or that even more desired thing, calmness - lies not in always thinking happy thoughts. No. That is impossible. No mind on earth with any kind of intelligence could spend a lifetime enjoying only happy thoughts. They key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don't become them. Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same as being a sad person.

The key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don't become them.

You don't have to be positive. You don't have to feel guilty about fear or sadness or anger. You don't stop the rain by telling it to stop. Sometimes you just have to let it pour, let it soak you to your skin. It never rains forever. And know that, however wet you get, you are not the rain. You are not the bad feelings in your head. You are the person experiencing the storm.

Sometimes, to be yourself you will have to forget yourself and become something else. Your character is not a fixed thing. You will sometimes have to move to keep up with it.