Quotes About Self-awareness

Everyone has monsters and demons within themselves. They're metaphors for the human condition.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

Don't look at someone else and want to be them. Search within yourself and find out who you are and be someone positive.

There's got to be a voice deep within you that is untouched by definitions. And it is there that you become divinely who you are.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.

Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence.

I think I just really understand what it is to feel like you don't fit in, within your society, within your world, within your family, within whatever. I've always felt like an odd duck so I really understood that.

The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.

When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us.

Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.

I have always believed that we all have male and female within us.

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

The second you think that all your good fortune is a product of your virtue, you become highly judgmental, lacking empathy, totally without self-awareness, arrogant, stupid - I mean, all the stuff that our ruling class is.

I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don't know exactly what's going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what's inside of them without being part of them.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

If we approach other people understanding our own value, being confident in who we are, being centered and grounded, it's actually easier for us to connect with them because we can listen more deeply and we can express ourselves more authentically without fear of being judged or not being enough.

If you become more of a witness to the way you're engaging in life, you can catch yourself really screwing up some days!