Quotes About Self

What one hides is worth neither more nor less than what one finds. And what one hides from oneself is worth neither more nor less than what one allows others to find.

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

Kas myli, skleidžia kitam savo vidaus "aš" švies? tik?damasis išvysti tos šviesos atspind?.

Gerçekten a??k bir kad?n?n ki?ili?i yoktur, hiçbir zaman; bir ki?ili?i oldu?unu söyler, kendini buna inand?rmaya çal???r, ama do?ru de?ildir. hay?r, sevdi?i adam?n kendisinde bulmak istedi?i kad?n? anlamaya, o kad?n olmaya çal???r.' (Isabelle)

joy was something she willed herself to show us, something she raised from deep inside herself as a promise for what could be. Now her life seemed to have opened up into it as if it had been waiting for her. (215)

It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

now accepted that Sander was again himself.

Clothes make the man

Our ancestors had fought and murdered one another, married and forged alliances, founded countries. At their best - but only for selfish reasons - they patronized art, literature, and music. But their worlds had to be overthrown by revolutions, because there was room in them only for themselves.

Each one of us has the power — and must develop the will — to be the hero of his own life. We believe in goals, in purposes, in achievement and in the joy of living.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he justly entitled.

A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

My definition of anger that emerges from this study is as follows: Anger is the physical, mental, and emotional arousal pattern that occurs in response to a perceived threat to the self characterized by the desire to attack or defend.

You'll swoop from incredible highs when you're just glad to be alive, to those lows when you wish you were dead. And just when you start thinking that you've accepted who you are, that changes, too. Because who you are is not permanent

And just when you start thinking that you've accepted who you are, that changes, too. Because who you are is not permanent.

Ja sam više od svojih ožiljaka.

I am far from perfect. You have made me all too aware of that. But for whatever it's worth, I believe I am my best self - my truest self - when I'm with you.

As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.

In these ghostly places late summer nights: He was half-waiting to be born. Having vanished from his former life, having shed his previous self with the suits he had left behind in a basement in Washington, he was a ghost, in fact, waiting to come to life through love.