Quotes About Self-awareness

Kaum ist es ein wenig stiller, ist es fast zu still. Als bekäme ich das wahre Gefühl meiner selbst nur, wenn ich unerträglich unglücklich bin. (20.01.1922)

Je?li b?dzie pan oddycha? szybko, udusi si? pan sob?, wewn?trzn? trucizn?; je?li b?dzie pan powoli oddycha?, udusi si? pan nie nadaj?cym si? dla p?uc powietrzem, zbuntowan? materi?. Je?li za? chcia? pan znale?? sobie w?asn? miar?, zginie pan ju? od samego poszukiwania.

And so long as you say 'one' instead of 'I,' there's nothing in it and one can easily tell the story; but as soon as you admit to yourself that it is yourself you feel as though transfixed and horrified.

De când m? cunosc am avut anxiet??i atât de adânci în privinÅ£a afirm?rii propriei mele existenÅ£e spirituale,încât tot restul mi-a r?mas indiferent.

Me avergoncé de mí mismo cuando me di cuenta de que la vida era una fiesta de disfraces; y yo asistía con mi rostro real

One ought, Milena, to take your face between both hands and look steadily into your eyes so that you would recognize yourself in the eyes of the other and from then on be incapable even of thinking the kind of things you wrote in the letter.

Like the cogency of the air after a thunderstorm! My qualities before me and overwhelm me, though I may not put up much of a fight against them.

People have a wild response to something, and they want it. Sometimes people lose themselves.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

I'm not Gore Vidal or William Buckley.

I never walk into a room and say, 'Hi! I am Vanessa Williams' daughter.' It helps me to become more authentic.

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

Maybe you're not perfect, but you're willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That's a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there's something incredibly hopeful about that.

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.

I'm not going to sit here and say I know everything about everything. I definitely have work to do. The thing is, I'm willing to admit that.

Look at the evidence and to be willing to question your own truths, and to be willing to scrutinize things that you hold dearly because that way, that transparency, that self-awareness, will protect you from ever becoming somebody that whose beliefs somehow make them have myopic vision about what could be.

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.

If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.

Bottom line, I removed myself from the victim mentality and took control of my life. I'm not just going to take responsibility for the success in my life - I'm going to take responsibility for the failures in my life. When you're willing to accept that you're the problem, you immediately become the solution.

Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve.

I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm willing to evolve.

We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we've been denied, that we do deserve.

I knew I was a manic depressive when I was 13 or 14, and I loved it. I always told people what I had, and I was always cresting on a manic wave. I used it, willingly and happily, and it was an extraordinary experience. When I got hit with the depressive side - Boom! - yes, it was horrible and unendurable, but that's part of the story.