Quotes About Self-awareness

When was the last time you had a thought that wasn't put there by THEM?

Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

And I'm okay, I really am, most of the time. But sometimes, I'm just not.

We need to be sincere in our practice, but at the same time we can't take ourselves too seriously.

I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.

I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time.

I'd like to have enough time and quiet To think about absolutely nothing, To not ever feel myself living, To only know myself in others' eyes, reflected.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

This sounds like my autobiography, but I thought this would be a good time to sound off about myself, as I think that I have been silent too long about my views and opinions.

In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.

The shock, for an intelligent writer, of discovering for the first time that there are people younger than himself who think him stupid is severe.

For discovering one's true inner nature, I think one should try to take out some time, with quiet and relaxation, to think more inwardly and to investigate the inner world. That may help.

Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in laughing at myself. That hurts the most.

I've come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time...

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my faults.

In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are.

It's funny, for a long time I would go watermelon-red and deny that I was a magical realist. It felt imprecise to me, a misrepresentation.

And I think for me theres a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are.

I've a full-length triple-panel mirror in which I can see every possible angle, and I spend quite a lot of time in front of it.

We've known for some time that we have to worry about the impacts of climate change on our children's and grandchildren's generations. But we now have to worry about ourselves as well.

the wasting of time is the most personal, most private, most intimate form of conversation with oneself, as well as with another.