Quotes About Self-awareness

I believe that our society is merely a reflection of what is going on inside each and every one of us.

Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors.

As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.

Freud tells us to blame our parents for all the shortcomings of our life, Marx tells us to blame the upper class of our society. But the only one to blame is oneself.

You're scrutinized all through your life - you're scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form.

Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

If you want to do something healthy for yourself - focus on your internal relationship. A diet, external, or materialistic fix WON'T work.

What a sad thing I thought-- to live in a world so concerned with the lives of others, we forget to live our own.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Know that all healing forces are within, not without! The applications from without are merely to create within a coordinating mental and spiritual force.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals choose the way they think.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

You cannot transcend what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.

I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.