Quotes About Self-awareness

who are we, that we so conceal ourselves from ourselves?

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

That's why I'll never run for office. Because you have to be too clean. I am not clean. I've had a lot of mud. Forget the skeletons, I've got the mud. And, know what? I don't want to have to explain me to anybody.

One of the best things I've ever done was take a close look at my mental health and accept that I wasn't doing fine.

beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself.

Bir korku duyup duymad???m? anlamaya çal???yorum. Ama korku duyup duymad???m üzerinde dü?ünebiliyorsam, bu korku gerçek bir korku olamaz.

Wie wunderbar ist es, dass kein Mensch seine Schuld öffentlich zeigen muss. Wie entsetzlich ist es, dass jeder Mensch seine Schuld in seinem Inneren jeden Tag anschauen muss.

Most people are actually far less potent than they imagine themselves in their dreams, and are endowed with far greater qualities and capacities than they translate into action.

Sinir hastal???, do?al cinsel hazza vurulan ketlerin toplam?ndan ba?ka bir ?ey de?ildir, bu ketlemeler zamanla, makinemsi bir hale gelir. Sinir hastal???n?n bütün öbür belirtileri, bu kökensel bozuklu?un sonuçlar?d?r.

Sen unutursun küçük adam ama büyük adam do?as? gere?i unutmaz. Sanma ki kin besler büyük adam, sanma ki öç al?r, yaln?zca neden böylesine baya?? davran??larda bulundu?unu çal???r.

Kendine dair f?kralar? duyuyor ve ba?kalar?yla birlikte bunlara kahkahalarla gülüyorsun. Kendinle alay etti?inden gülüyor de?ilsin. küçük adama gülüyorsun sen; ama kendine güldü?ünü, gülünecek halde oldu?unu bilmiyorsun. Milyonlarca küçük adam, insanlar?n kendilerine güldü?ünü, gülünecek halde olduklar?n? bilmiyorlar.

Seni, o senin evlilik yasalar?n?n zincirlerine vuran ?eyin kendi cinsel sorumsuzlu?un ve cinsel açl???n oldu?undan haberin bile yok.

Tepetaklak duruyorsun, her ?eyi tersten görüyorsun; böyle durmakla, özgürlük türküsünün e?li?inde dans etti?ini san?yorsun. Gördü?ün bu karabasandan uyanacaks?n küçük adam ve göreceksin ki, yata??ndan yuvarlanm??, çaresizlik içinde yerde yatmaktas?n. Çünkü sana bir ?ey verenden çal?yor, seni soyana bir ?eyler veriyorsun.

Ki?iyi kendin gibi biliyorsun. Yaln?zca al?rs?n sen, vermezsin. Bu nedenle kar?? cinsten biriyle bir arada olup da, onu hemen "becermek" iste?i duymamak kavram? sana nas?l yabanc?ysa, bir kimsenin ya?amdan, "vermek"le tat alabilece?i kavram? da öylece yabanc?d?r.

People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding.

Anxiety is fear of one's self.

We have not the remotest realistic inkling of a consciousness which is not self-consciousness.

I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!

The way I see it people don't do what they want to do often enough. They just do some alternative which they'd kind of like to do, which isn't the same thing at all, and as a result that thing isn't enough and they end up depressed and annoyed with everyone else around them.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism.

We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are.

best we can do is a compromise: learn to recognize situations in which mistakes are likely and try harder to avoid significant mistakes when the stakes are high. The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own.

learn to recognize situations in which mistakes are likely and try harder to avoid significant mistakes when the stakes are high. The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own.