Quotes About Self-awareness

A man only goes and confesses his faults to the world when his self will not acknowledge or listen to them. The function of a friend is to be a substitute for this defective self,

I was in a conversation with a student here, on the campus, yesterday, and she, after we were, I think we had coffee or dinner or something, there were several of us, I have to add that in for those mind of yours that run astray, and she asked me, she told me that "We'll I'm surprised that you're not what I expected," and I said what do you mean. And she said "Well I was looking for you horns," and so I told her I have them, but I keep them hidden unless someone draws them out.

Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.

Uno sabe que tiene madera de villano cuando descubre en cada límite ajeno un desafío propio.

self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.

Truly, men often fail to understand their own weaknesses," I said neutrally, "and their lack of self-knowledge can bring terrible disasters down on their own heads.

The man who doesn't know his own ability is ignorant of himself.

A man's praises have very musical and charming accents in another's mouth; but very flat and untuneable in his own.

Yours is the face of a post-modern woman.

What do you mean by wu-wo?' you asked. 'It's like no self. No I. Non-existence,' I answered. 'My body is here, but I don't feel I am here, right now. I don't feel my existence in this environment.

If you spend enough time reading someone else's thoughts, after a while their thoughts begin to infect you. Your grasp on yourself becomes tenuous. Or you begin to see that you never were the essential you in the first place, Iona thinks to herself as she takes the bus back to Angel. To be a person is to imagine being someone, and the someone you imagine most of the time is what people call 'you'.

La conciencia es un fenómeno en medio de un océano de fenómenos que escapan a su control, de manera que no creo que podamos ejercer una completa supervisión de todo lo que pasa por nuestra mente.

and I found myself unable to resist turning around to see whether my footsteps were following me as I made my way across the field of white.

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.

Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful. And if possible, get into therapy at different stages of their life with different kinds of therapists just to sample a bit.

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable. Some sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them.

Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self: you become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.) thinks you are. How would my life change if I truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?

history is like a mirror that helps you to see through yourself.

Elleri yüzlere ye?lerim. Yüzler, ?imdiki zamanla ?i?mi?, aptal, yabanc?d?rlar, an?lar?yla hiç uzla?amazlar ama ellerin resmi, hemen hemen dinsel, uzun sureli bir görgüleri var ve tarafs?z bir içtenlikleri. Kan?t?: aynaya hiç bakmazlar. Bak??lar?n? ve duru?lar?n? hiç hesaplamazlar.

Le regret est un état d'âme. Le remords est un cas de conscience. Et je n'ai ni l'un ni l'autre. (p.57)

A man who cheats, cheats only himself.

Is there a life outside oneself? Is there a reality outside oneself?