Quotes About Self-awareness

Thus the radii of all education run together into one center which is called personality.

I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart.

Id just like to prove to myself that Im all here and all together and can get the best out of myself. Id also like to prove that to a couple of other people.

Sólo cuando no esperamos nada ni albergamos ningún sueño podemos mantener el control de nuestra vida. Los sueños a menudo implican a los demás y es imposible tener la certeza de que los demás no nos defraudarán, ni nos harán daño.

Sometimes other people's words become uncomfortable mirrors in which we gaze upon ourselves.

She was Sophia Fry, though her name was rarely used. She was known by her relatives, when she was known as anything at all, and perhaps by their servants too, as the mouse.

I always seem to be so cozy with my own company that I rarely think of going out.

It was beginning to feel like an almost familiar place to be. But perhaps hitting this new low had something to be said for it, she thought now, this morning, after she had awoken and realized in some surprise that she had slept for several hours. At least now there was no further down to go. And

She was now eight-and-twenty, with no idea how to be happy except in brief moments, and no idea how to create happiness about her. She only knew how to retreat inward to avoid pain.

How could anyone who prided herself upon her intelligence and good sense have been so foolishly ignorant?

No es fácil mirar el propio pasado, sobre todo cuando uno creía que se habían borrado todas las huellas.

I thought I had forgotten . . . But maybe I just pushed it deep and denied it and let it fester.

If he ever grew to understand himself, Hugo decided, it would be a miracle of the first order. Not

Smiles did not come naturally to him. He must learn how to let out the ones that were sometimes there deep inside him.

Toltec system teaches that we are no longer little babies, or helpless. We are strong enough to change everything. No matter what conditions you find yourself in, you have the power to change them. Even those who have been raped can change their reality. The effects of your wounds are lessened if you realize you are dreaming. You can change your inner movie because you are the director, writer and actor, and you have all the power to change the story you are living.

She'd learned so many ways to be modest, it had become a source of pride.

Have you ever thought about a Twelve Step program for people who talk too much? You could call it On and On Anon.

I know this will sound glib, but don't pretend you aren't feeling what you feel. That's how things slide into hell. Feelings are facts," she said, her voice a little hard, as she began to walk again. "Look straight at 'em and deal with 'em. Work it through, as honestly as you can. If

don't pretend you aren't feeling what you feel. That's how things slide into hell.

The trouble with illusions... is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken from you

Ho fatto cose che sembrano autodistruttive tutta la vita. Ma in realtà non avevo nessuna intenzione di distruggermi. Ho sempre saputo dov'era il limite. Fino ad ora.

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he cannot distinguish the truth within him or around him, and so loses respect for himself. And having no respect, he ceases to love. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Standing in the shower, I feel something on the back of my leg that turns out to be my ass.

He was so proud that she had more going on north of her neck than her hairdo.