Quotes About Self

Malice sucks up the greater part of her own venom, and poisons herself.

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

We used to go to the sea to discover the world: now we go to the sea to discover ourselves.

Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.

Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same.

From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art.

In the end, my cock was all I had.

Uno cobra conciencia de sí mismo en su relación con el prójimo; y por eso la relación con el prójimo es insoportable.

Jos hävittää moraalisuuden omasta persoonastaan, se on sama kuin karkoittaisi maailmasta moraalin, siinä määrin kuin se on itsestä kiinni.

Nada es más útil para el hombre que el hombre mismo

Jed then realized that he was standing in a book, and wondered if this book told the story of his life.

Obviously they had no autonomy, but as they say in English, fuck autonomy.

Dios no existe, pues la voluntad de poder, que lo es todo, que no es ni dios ni ningún otro nombre de dios, no deja lugar a ninguna otra cosa que no sea ella misma. Toqué el sipo matador que me tocó: estábamos hechos de la misma madera.

Who am I, beyond the joy coming from this shudder of awakening, the growth of this green ivy, this dancing flame, this living fire?

At times I forgot the body I wore

Depression can be a form of self hatred. We don't feel comfortable in our own skin.

Children raised by the Double-Minded parent will often grow up having codependent tendencies, seeking acceptance from others, being unrealistic in their view of "self," and feeling insecure. They are confused about what it means to follow Christ, and might avoid their parents in adulthood.

EVERY MAN WITH A LACK OF INCOME AND A TALENT FOR words now believes himself to be a journalist.

Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.

Nowhere in scripture are believers told to esteem ourselves capable of anything aside from what the power of God does within us. Philippians 4:13 says that we can do all things through Christ's strength. Christ never said "Have faith in yourself." He said, "Have faith in God." (Mark 11:22). Don't even have faith in your faith—have faith in The One who cannot fail. He called you and He is faithful to keep you (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).

What is the reality of a drag queen? my stranger had asked. What indeed? I thought. What is the reality of any identity?

Deprived of our memories we are deprived of our very selves. Without our histories we are vacated. We may walk and talk and eat and sleep but, in truth, we are nobody.

For all of [Fanny] Ardant's ability to depict a range of emotion, I most associate her with joy. Not necessarily the depiction of joy, but rather a joy of acting, a joy of being, a joie de vivre . Ardant, in her mature performances, conveys the sense of someone bringing to scenes her full being, her whole self and experience. There is an understanding of the value of life in such moments, in the value of the moments themselves.