Quotes About Self

Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.

Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts. -Leo Rosten

If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the mirror of literature?

All I need's a fight and a woman. Then I'm set. I get the fight I'll get the money. I get the money I'll get the woman. There's some women that love you for yourself, but that don't last long.

We all hold dear the idea that we're the captain of our own soul, and we're in charge, and it's a very scary feeling when we're not. In fact, that's what psychosis is—the feeling of detachment from reality and that you're not in control, and that's a very frightening feeling for anyone.

If you really want to understand the social world, if you really want to understand yourself and others, and, beyond that, if you really want to overcome many of the obstacles that prevent you from living your fullest, richest life, you need to understand the influence of the subliminal world that is hidden within each of us.

There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.

Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.

The only limitations you have are the ones that you accept.

My best years aren't behind me; they're within me.

We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are. A person feels guilt because he did something wrong. A person feels shame because he is something wrong.

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?

I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.

I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.

But if I'm not the same, the next question is, 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

I quite agree with you," said the Duchess; "and the moral of that is—'Be what you would seem to be'—or, if you'd like it put more simply—'Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.

You've lost your muchness.

You won't make yourself a bit realer by crying.

Pero no quiero andar entre locos", protestó Alicia.               "Oh, no puedes evitarlo", dijo el Gato: "todos estamos locos por aquí. Yo estoy loco. Tú estás loca".

Who are YOU? said the Caterpillar.

Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I am not the same, the next question is Who in the world am I?

No puedo volver al pasado porque entonces era una persona diferente.