Quotes About Self-awareness

I'm not good at watching stuff that I'm in at all. I should stop. I shouldn't watch something for the first time with a room full of people at Sundance. It's not a good idea.

In school math and science were my favorite subjects, but I probably in my true self I'm more of a people person. At the same time, I don't think that's how I recharge.

What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for more than ten minutes at a time.

It's taken me a long time to appreciate that my intelligence is greater than what I was told and that I am very creative, and I see in pictures.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

I started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I'm really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.

He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind.

Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

You need to have the humility to accept your limitations as long as they're there, and have the humility to accept their end when that time comes.

I would suggest to you that at this moment you are the only self that you have ever had; you've never had a childhood; there wasn't a five-minute-ago time.

Learn not to judge your meditation. Just meditate, do your best, set a minimum period of time and meditate.

What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with a very solid, objectified view of ourselves and existence

There are billions of people out there walking around and they don't meditate. You can tell. They are not having a good time with their lives. People are not happy.

We must take precautions against being prematurely honed sharp--since at the same time we are being prematurely honed thin.

Have you ever considered that there isn't a safe time to be around you?

I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility.

I do believe in growing old gracefully, and when the time comes that I would look silly performing on stage, I'll be prepared to give it up without regrets.

Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.

I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault.

It's time to stop pretending I'm ok with things I'm not ok with like all insects and Foster the People.

You meet these people who are confident all the time. They annoy me. And I wonder if it's because I'm envious or if it's because they're shallow.

If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it's like his nerves are a piece of rubber that has been stretched out. It's hard to go back to the original shape.

I'm me, and at the same time not me. That's what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling.