Quotes About Self

Individuality, therefore, harbours its own enemy at home.'2

Commitment is the equivalent of faith when the living God has been supplanted by self-provided values. It is Pascals wager, no longer on Gods existence but on ones capacity to believe in oneself and the goals one has set for oneself.

The self is the modern substitute for the soul.

He, the true writer, is the department store dummy at the very center of the whole establishment, the one left alone on display all night, a price tag stapled to every piece of clothing they've yanked onto him, binoculars and frog flippers included. He is the neutral, generic human form, the gray center who must always assume disguises — in order to be seen and, therefore, to feel himself.

Serei na vida futura aquilo que eu próprio houver feito de mim nesta vida;

Nothing guarantees our freedom. Deny it often enough and one day it will be gone, and we'll not know how or when.

If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you're here to touch, those who believe in you.

The greatest adventure lies not in discovering new lands, but in discovering the boundless potential within yourself.

Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

Every man has three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

The violation of the existence and natures of things, of oneself, or of others is evil. Disrespect encroaches upon the space of others, and alters or empties their nature. Respect is respect for the limits, the boundaries, the space of others, and thus for their natures. Morally good action designates the active respect for others, for things, and also for ourselves.

Meditar el tiempo, tratar de saber si el pasado y el futuro son válidos y si en verdad existen, nos lleva a un laberinto que, por familiar, no es menos indescifrable. Cada día somos otro, pero siempre olvidamos que igual sucede con nuestros semejantes. En esto tal vez consista lo que los hombres llaman soledad. O es así, o se trata de una solemne imbecilidad.

Some things come too soon and others come too late, but we only find out when there's nothing to be done, when we've already bet against ourselves.

Foolish Ever, don't you realize there's no longer any difference between you and your-monster? You are the monster. It's your dark side, your shadow self, and you've now joined as one.

Mine. I'm on my side.

Free will is a powerful thing, Riley. Sometimes it's the only way to realize your true destiny, though it does require a fair bit if trust–in yourself, in the universe–as I'm sure you now know.

I wonder why the promises I make to other people always become more important than the ones I make to myself.

Alex, the only one you should be giving a second chance is you.

machen wir uns nichts vor,

Con o sin ropa, sigues estando desnuda.

If there's a place you should be able to put yourself first, it's in your own sexual fantasies.

Sometimes I don't know what I am. But what I would like to be on the outside -- what I want other people to see -- is a girl.

Nadie es la víctima de nadie, sino de sí mismo

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