Quotes About Self

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.

There can be no progress-real, moral prgress-except in the individual and by the individual himself.

Me, what's that after all? An arbitrary limitation of being bounded by the people before and after and on either side. Where they leave off I begin, and vice versa.

There is no God. But it does not matter. Man is enough.

Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons.

Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.

Avoidance of experiences is a fixation and it binds you to the world, it binds you to the personal self.

Sexuality, for the person who practices tantra, is a marvelous way to experience illusion. Illusion is just another way of seeing things. There are no illusions because there is no self.

Mys philosophy toward art is true to my time, true to my dream, and true to myself.

The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness.

Never forget who you are, little star.

I still feel-kind of temporary about myself.

The symbols of the self arise from the depths of the body.

School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.

Man has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

Who we are now is all that really matters.

It is impossible to find peace in the world if we can't create peace within ourselves.

What your precious life wants to be or do—it is only up to you.

You are nothing but a reflection of your imagination. Be yourself to create a better self.

Sure, people can make you happy, but no one can stop you from being happy.

I am not what you are. I am only what I can see. I am me.

You are not what you think, but you are the reflection of what you think.

Nobody wants to be nothing. But that's the greatest thing in the world to be.