Quotes About Self-awareness

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known...

Õppetund oli pikk ja ränk olnud, kuid ta oli õppust võtnud. Kui sa ise ei mõtle, peavad teised sinu eest mõtlema, ja need teised röövivad sult jõu, tõmbavad su liistule, pööravad sulle loomult omased maitsed pea peale, ohjeldavad sind ja muudavad steriilseks.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.

No conocerás el miedo. El miedo mata la mente. El miedo es la pequeña muerte que conduce a la destrucción total. Afrontaré mi miedo. Permitiré que pase sobre mí y a través de mí. Y cuando haya pasado girare mi ojo interior para escrutar su camino. Allá donde haya pasado el miedo ya no habrá nada. Solo estare yo.

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.

When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.

No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.

Each of us comes into being knowing who he is and what he is supposed to do.' ... 'Small children know,' Leto said. 'It's only after adults have confused them that children hide this knowledge even from themselves.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

When we try to conceal our innermost drives, the entire being screams betrayal.

I am not the river I am the net.

I cannot lie to you any more than I could lie to myself," Paul said. "I know this. Every man should have such an auditor.

At the age of fifteen, he had already learned silence.

it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, those things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.

But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, those things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.

Anyone can be a Truthsayer, even you," The Preacher said. "It's a matter of self-honesty about the nature of your own feelings. It requires that you have an inner agreement with truth which allows ready recognition.

I can think of nothing more poisonous than to rot in the stink of your own reflections.

El miedo mata la mente. El miedo es la pequeña muerte que conduce a la destrucción total. Afrontaré mi miedo. Permitiré que pase sobre mí y a través de mí. Y cuando haya pasado, giraré mi ojo interior para escrutar su camino. Allá donde haya pasado el miedo ya no habrá nada. Sólo estaré yo.

In doing good, avoid notoriety; in doing evil, avoid self-awareness.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self satisfied.

No conoceré el miedo. El miedo mata la mente. El miedo es la pequeña muerte que conduce a la destrucción total. Afrontaré mi miedo. Permitiré que pase sobre mí y a través de mí. Y cuando haya pasado, giraré mi ojo interior para escrutar su camino. Allá donde haya pasado el miedo ya no habrá nada. Solo estaré yo.

The bottom line of the Dune trilogy is: beware of heroes. Much better [to] rely on your own judgment, and your own mistakes.

What are you saying? Each of us comes into being knowing who he is and what he is supposed to do.' Moneo opened his mouth but closed it without speaking. 'Small children know,' Leto said. 'It's only after adults have confused them that children hide this knowledge even from themselves. Moneo! Uncover yourself!