Quotes About Self

The mind is its own place, and in itself / Can makes a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven

Which I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep still threatening to devour me opens wide, to which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven

254: The mind is its own place, and in it self 255: Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.

El espíritu vive en sí mismo, y en sí mismo puede hacer un cielo del infierno, o un infierno del cielo. ¿Qué importa el lugar donde yo resida, si soy el mismo que era, si lo soy todo, aunque inferior a aquel a quien el trueno ha hecho más poderoso?

The mind is its own place and in itself [255] Can make a Heaven of hell, a hell of Heaven.

The mind in its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell,a hell of heaven.

The mind is it's own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell , Hell of Heaven.

Everybody has an idea of himself which augments, aggravates, or modifies the actuality.

I often think that there is, in every life, some haunted room that you never want to go into, and that you do your best to forget was there at all. You will never break in that door with your mind, or with your will. Only with the gentle coaxing of the imagination will that door be opened to you and will you be given the gift back again of a part of yourself that either you or someone else had forced you to drive away and reject.

In each person, there is a point of absolute nonconnection with everything else and with everyone. This is fascinating and frightening. It means that we cannot continue to seek outside ourselves for the things we need from within.

Each one of us is the custodian of an inner world that we carry around with us.

and warm awareness, you are going to have an incredible life. You are going to have sufferings as well, but you will always return to that place of warmth and fire within yourself.

Pride moves us to bow down before a mirror rather than before God.

Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident.

Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion in the world.

There are two things that are suited to humble the souls of men, and they are, first, a due consideration of God, and then of themselves;—of God, in his greatness, glory, holiness, power, majesty, and authority; of ourselves, in our mean, abject, and sinful condition.

Wherefore, as grace is primarily given unto us for ourselves, and secondarily for the good of others; so gifts are bestowed in the first place for the edification of others, and secondly for our own spiritual advantage also.

Look at you. You'd trade anything for a warm look. I'm telling you here and now, I want to see the starch in your character cultivated. If you are looking for reassurance, you can be fooled. If you forget yourself and study others, you will not be fooled.

Always be. Never try to become. You can be anything you want, just don't work at becoming. Remember to be it.

Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

you are a journey all of your own, and I hope you enjoy yourself in the rest of it.

Fear isn't the desire to avoid death or pain. Fear is rooted in the knowledge that what you recognize as yourself can cease to exist. Fear is existential.

I live the life I live, and it's the only life I have. No one else is out there in the universe living my alternate lives, and even if they were, I wouldn't be worrying about them because I have my life to live here, now.