Quotes About Self-awareness

What is our life: (Pause.) it's looking forward or it's looking back. And that's our life. That's it. Where is the moment?

Only idiots think they know everything I admit that I know nothing just so I am not an idiot

to cultivate compassion for others, first we begin with ourselves.

Whatever is in our mind, we project onto the world outside us. Step by step, if we transform the way we think, especially by letting go of the self-grasping mind, we also transform our reality.

Of course, we cannot genuinely accept others and wish for their happiness if we don't first accept ourselves.

instantly understood in that moment, however, was that the version of the beings we saw in the world around us was as much a reflection of our own mind, as it was of them. And that the more our mind was filled with thoughts of self and our own needs and wishes, the less space and compassion there was for others—and the less happy we would be.

Both happiness and unhappiness arise from thought. Our challenge is to develop those thoughts that create happiness and avoid those that cause us to suffer. So much of the time, we are having negative thoughts without realizing what is happening because we're so caught up in them. Or because we can't help ourselves. But with mindfulness, it's possible to become more aware. To observe what we are thinking, and if necessary, to change.

We should be careful who we blame for our unhappiness when we ourselves have created the causes for our unhappy experiences.

When we understand the true nature of mind, we start to see these thoughts merely as thoughts instead of engaging with them. They arise, abide, and pass. They have no substance and certainly no power unless we git it to them.

We're all works in progress. It takes courage to be open about our flaws, but that's what makes us authentic.

To be a fine human being, you have to be... Strong and gentle Proud and humble Enthusiastic and calm Fun and serious Bold and careful Self-aware, but not self-conscious Candid and discreet Discriminating and democratic Loyal (when it's called for) Generous, but not to a fault Self-loving, but not self-worshiping Sometimes aggressive but never violent Intellectual and instinctive Logical and musical.

We're not ourselves, are we? I'm certainly not myself, not anymore. And you're not either. You don't seem yourself. Not as I remember you.

As a matter of fact, I think there are more things important in life than "relationships.

Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away.

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

He] didn't like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph.

Josh likes to say he put the funk in 'functional'. Personally I think he just put the ass in 'embarrassing', but, hey, what do I know?

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

Self-pitying, self-righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the quality that she always needed the most.

Recklessness, spontaneity didn't really suit her, she couldn't carry if off, the results were never what she hoped for.

As a matter of fact, I think there are more important things in life than "relationships".

Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun.

Spending your time imagining what would have been if you could have changed some little thing, some little decision in your life, is counterproductive and leaves you unhappy. Think about how you can improve for the future, but don't waste your present thinking about how you could have changed the past

I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, 'Does this suck?' and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, 'I'm on fire, I'm amazing!' and I don't think that's the way to work.