Quotes About Self-awareness

we are not aware of what is most essentially bad in us.

It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.

Nous n'avons pas à acquérir l'humilité. L'humilité est en nous. Seulement nous nous humilions devant de faux dieux.

Impossible de pardonner à qui nous a fait du mal, si ce mal nous abaisse. Il faut penser qu'il ne nous a pas abaissés, mais a révélé notre vrai niveau.

Honestly, I think that the sense of humor of the people that TALK about having a 'sense of humor' is a worse vice than drinking.

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

To underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognises genius.

EMONE Non pensare che sia nel giusto solo il tuo carattere, solo ciò che dici, e nient'altro. Chi crede di essere il solo a capire, il solo a poter parlare, il solo a possedere un'anima retta, appena lo apri scopri che è vuoto. Ma che un uomo, anche se già è saggio, impari molto e non pretenda troppo, ciò non è vergognoso per nulla.»

EMONE Su, lascia l'ira, cambia mente.»

Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating; the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to.

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

And yet, I also understood the need for this journey. To simply say to myself or anyone else, "I am forgiven" or "I forgive" could not shift my past karmic energy as well as walking the Camino. I was walking myself out of trauma and grief and anger and shame and righteous indignation and feelings of worthlessness and over-thinking and every other faulty human perception that blocked the truth of my being from shining through.

P.S. If you have addictions, not only do they ruin your sixth sense, they ruin everything else as well. Keep in mind that as you reach for higher ground, it's necessary to leave the swamp. Before you can go one step further, you must be honest and admit you need help. Then get it. It's time.)

If you laugh, the ego cannot control you.

In working with people one-on-one daily for nearly 35 years, I can unequivocally state that unless you remove all kinds of psychic debris, your journey will most likely stop right here. In other words, you can't move one inch closer to trusting your vibes if you let your ego tenaciously cling to your hurt feelings, resentments, and projections.

If you are in the habit of absorbing someone else's energy, pay closer attention to your vibes and then ask yourself if they are, in fact, your vibes. The depression or anxiety you're feeling may not really be your own; it may be the result of absorbing too much of what's around you.

The ego asks life, "Why is this happening to me?" while the spirit asks, "Why is this happening, and what can I learn from it?

If you slip and find yourself looking backward, stop by saying aloud, "That's the old story of me. It's not who I am or who I want to be today." See how your vibration lights up with this decision and how much easier it is to hear your guides, spirit helpers, and angels once it's made.

All her life she had striven to do the right thing, but right according to whom?

It is my responsibility to feel good, and it is my fault if I don't.

The trouble is, depression doesn't come with handy symptoms like spots and a temperature, so you don't realize it at first. You keep saying 'I'm fine' to people when you're not fine. You think you should be fine. You keep saying to yourself: 'Why aren't I fine?

When you read my texts, you saw a curt, miserable git. And you told me so. Maybe you're right. But you know what I saw when I read yours? - Sam No. And I don't want to know. - Poppy I saw a girl who races to help others but doesn't help herself. And right now you need to help yourself. No one should walk up the aisle feeling inferior or in a different league or trying to be something they're not. - Sam

Great. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.