Quotes About Self-awareness

Freud was not entirely honest with himself when he said, "Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise".

I'm not a poet and I know it.

I have learnt that we expect honesty and genuineness from others, while not being honest and genuine with our own self.

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.

Know your own Self. Honor your own Self. Find and be who you really are, at the deepest level of your own being. Be present in your own presence. Give yourself the gift of your own Self.

It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are.

I'm thirty," I said. "I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor

As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don't hurt others.

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.

Having failed to conquer myself, my best hope now is to arrange an alliance with myself.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?

To consider oneself different from ordinary men is wrong, but it is right to hope that one will not remain like ordinary men.

I do not care about my own appearance, but I would hope that people could see into my soul, and that is presented better in these photographs than in others. (On his self-portraits)

I hope I am a psychotherapist's dream. I've spent enough hours in therapy.

I feel like I'm always going to be me. It always goes back to being the person that I am. And I hope that will never change.

I wanted to be good but I wasn't sure if I was prepared

We have to get good at being with ourselves before we can hope to be good at being in relationships with others.

You always have that moment where you grow up and you're like, "Oh, my god, I'm being exactly like my mother." I think that's everyone's greatest hope and worst fear.

You're a terrible cook, Daniel." "I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts." "I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.

How can I, who was not able to retain my own past, hope to save that of another?

I hope that you know in your heart how you feel about things, and you don't let the people that live on fear and hate govern the way you live.

I am worth some study, if for no one else but myself. I hope that you feel likewise... even if only about yourself.

I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many.