Quotes About Self-awareness

We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves.

El afán de trascender del autoconsciente es, como he dicho, un principal apetito del alma.

Ne sebeple olursa olsun hatan?z?n üzerinde kara kara düÅŸünmeyin. Temizlenmenin yolu çamurda yuvarlanmak deÄŸildir.

Dünyada düzeltebileceÄŸiniz, daha iyi yapmay? baÅŸarabileceÄŸiniz ilk ve son önemli kimse kendinizsiniz.

He was wondering how anyone could talk so loud, could boast so extravagantly. It was as though the man had to shout in order to convince himself of his own existence.

Spiritual progress is through the growing knowledge of the self as nothing and of the Godhead as all-embracing Reality. (Such knowledge, of course, is worthless if it is merely theoretical; to be effective, it must be realized as an immediate, intuitive experience and appropriately acted upon.)

One knew in theory very well that others spoke of one contemptuously?—as one spoke of them. In practice?—it was hard to believe.

I suppose Epsilons don't really mind being Epsilons,' she said aloud. 'Of course they don't. How can they? They don't know what it's like being anything else. We'd mind, of course. But then we've been differently conditioned.

No, el verdadero problema es: <<¿Por qué no puedo hablar?>> O, ya que en realidad sé perfectamente por qué, la pregunta adecuada es ¿qué sensación experimentaría si pudiera, si fuese libre, si no me hallara esclavizado por mi condicionamiento?

Picture yourself on a surfboard. Once you find your balance, loosen your grip. Breathe. Accept that no matter how good you think you are, you will fall. Again and again. - We take pictures not only to see, but to be seen; not only to remember, but to be remembered. But when you are surfing, it's best to forget about the people on the beach.

A man friends are more capable of working him harm than strangers; and his greatest danger lies in his own habits.

The man who denounces life merely defines himself as the man who is unequal to it.

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

Quando cade un quadro. Quando ti svegli un mattino, e non la ami più. Quando apri il giornale e leggi che è scoppiata la guerra. Quando vedi un treno e pensi io devo andarmene da qui. Quando ti guardi allo specchio e ti accorgi che sei vecchio.

Non riusciva a trattenersi. Non diceva mai la cosa che avrebbe dovuto dire. Gliene veniva in mente prima un'altra. Un attimo prima. Ma era più che sufficiente.

È una cosa strana. Quando ti accade di vedere il posto dove saresti salvo, sei sempre lì che lo guardi da fuori. Non ci sei mai dentro. È il tuo posto, ma tu non ci sei mai.

He was, besides, one of those men who like to witness their own life, considering any ambition to live it inappropriate

Non c'è eroismo nelle pene che ci si infligge da soli.

C'était au reste un de ces hommes qui aiment assister à leur propre vie, considérant comme déplacée toute ambition de la vivre. On aura remarqué que ceux-là contemplent leur destin à la façon dont la plupart des autres contemplent une journée de pluie.

You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?

singer you did really well. You saved the number." The director said the same thing at the end of the show. "You did a great job," he told me. To which I replied: "Mr. Voice has sung his last song." Messing up on live TV taught me an important lesson about show business: learn to laugh at yourself.

There is nothing worse than deluding yourself and trying to make yourself out to be somebody you're not--somebody you're not comfortable being.

learn to laugh at yourself.

I think happiness makes a man even blinder than pride.