Quotes About Self

In our normal, everyday forms of consciousness, we suffer form what [William] James calls a 'lifelong habit of inferiority to our full self.' Insofar as the self that encases the seed of a wider consciousness like a husk is seen as 'conventionally healthy,' cracking it open to uncover the higher part leaves the individual exposed to neurosis; but then, as James reminds us and as Jung himself knew, this may well be the chief condition for receptivity to these higher realms.

T]here are more and more Western scholars who [...] strive to experience Buddhism directly in the Eastern countries where it has long been a central element of cultural tradition. They must be clearly distinguished from those Westerners who, unable or unwilling to confront themselves with their own Western tradition, frivolously escape to any different world.

Awareness of the existence of oneself leads to a crisis in which one's being-in-the-world is fundamentally questioned. One's existence, however, is not simply denied. Instead, one faces the basic fact that one is responsible for one's relations to all humans and other beings through one's acts.

Polly Young-Eisendrath

From this perspective, we can say that genuine faith is simply confidence and trust in ourselves, in our own intelligence and understanding, which then extends to the path we're traveling.

The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.

To love can mean 'to love oneself,' and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.

Tanpa mempelajari bahasa sendiri pun orang takkan mengenal bangsanya sendiri

dan modern adalah juga kesunyian manusia yatim-piatu dikutuk untuk membebaskan diri dari segala ikatan yang tidak diperlukan: adat, darah, bahkan juga bumi, kalau perlu juga sesamanya.

Berkhianat pada revolusi ini berarti berkhianat pada diri sendiri, pada publik yang membayarnya.

Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it would seem to me unnatural to exchange them for mine.

Legatura dintre o fiinta si noi nu exista decat in gandul nostru. Amintirea, stergandu-se, legaturile slabesc si in ciuda iluziei cu care am vrea sa ne amagim si cu care din dragoste, din prietenie, din politete, din respect omenesc, din datorie ii amagim pe ceilalti, existam singuri. Omul este faptura ce nu poate iesi din sine, ce nu-i cunoaste pe ceilalti decat in sine; si, spunand contrariul, minte.

Everyone thinks his own thoughts are best.

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

An angry father is most cruel toward himself.

Learning to express joy without any external reason is the true meaning of happiness.

Most precious gift we can give ourselves everyday is Self Confidence.

My Self Belief is the magic mantra to get the Strength to chase my dreams!

Stay authentic to yourself and you will conquer the world.

Quizá la identidad de una persona sólo pueda definirse en relación a las identidades de los demás. O quizá cualquier identidad no sea más que una interpretación de los demás

That something you do, and it makes you admire yourself for doin'it; that's what you really want to become