Quotes About Self-awareness

you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess." "My

And that you alone, among the men whom you do not recognize as your brothers- for you have said so, observed Villefort, in a tone that faltered somewhat- you alone are perfect.

How typical that is, you proud and self-absorbed creature! This is indeed the man who enjoys taking an axe to the self-esteem of others, but cries out when a needle touches his own.

man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you said, I think, that I had nothing else to do. Now, really, let me ask, sir, have you?—do you believe you have anything to do? or to speak in plain terms, do you really think that what you do deserves being called anything?" Villefort's

Porthos, you are as vain as Narcissus; I plainly tell you so, replied Aramis.

Egotism fears its own self.

Follow your heart but take your brain with you.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Is there never any escaping the junkshop of the self?

I can hurt myself more than anyone else can, she told her sister. I can do it with my eyes closed.

You know who you are. And I suggest you never deny it.

She's beginning to wonder if perhaps she's haunting herself.

He's nothing fierce or terrible or filled with light. He's like us, sometimes we can't even tell him apart. Sometimes we're the ones who try to save him. He's there to show us who we are. Human beings aren't gods. We makes mistakes.

Likely it was true that the flaws you saw in other women you didn't notice in yourself.

From the very start, Sally has been lying to herself, telling herself she can handle anything, and she doesn't want to lie anymore. One more lie and she'll be truly lost. One more and she'll never find her way back through the woods.

He knew even at an early age of seven, how dangerous it was for someone like him to have hope. He knows how to have no expectations. He can completely control not just what he wants, but what he needs

Nowadays, she doesn't even look in a mirror. She's afraid no one will be staring back at her.

He felt like an addict, out of control, unable to stop himself from taking what he imagined he was entitled to, not yet understanding that no one is entitled to anything other than his freedom and the choices he makes.

People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.

I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was alright.

being young will slip through your hands and you will be left standing there, you who were once so young, not recognizing yourself or your life. "I'd like a mirror

She did believe in one thing, something so vast and deep she couldn't bring herself to tell John, even though it was probably safe to confide in someone she would never see again. She believed that people could lose themselves.

Some secrets were much harder to keep than others, especially ones you kept from yourself.

Who made it your job to feel guilty for every bad thing that happens?