Quotes About Self

Whirling silence settled around Jessica. Every fiber of her body accepted the fact that something profound had happened to it. She felt that she was a conscious mote, smaller than any subatomic particle, yet capable of motion and of sensing her surroundings. Like an abrupt revelation—the curtains whipped away—she realized she had become aware of a psychokinesthetic extension of herself. She was the mote, yet not the mote.

Ve?ina ljudi nije dovoljno jaka za pronalaženje slobode u sebi.

Every man carries his own past with him, Hayt said.

You must not look far afield for problems. Such problems may never arrive. Instead, tend to the wolf within your fences. The packs ranging outside might not even exist.

The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time.

The flesh surrenders itself, he thought. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not . . . yet, I occurred.

Paul heard his mother's grief and felt the emptiness within himself. I have no grief , he thought. Why? Why? He felt the inability to grieve as a terrible flaw.

The flesh surrenders itself, he thought. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not . . . yet, I occurred.

Thou shalt not disfigure the soul. - The Orange Catholic Bible

S? nu m? tem. Frica ucide mintea. Frica este moartea m?runt?, purt?toarea desfiin??rii totale. Voi înfrunta frica. O voi l?sa s? treac? peste mine, prin mine. ?i, dup? ce va fi trecut, îmi voi întoarce ochiul interior È™i voi privi în urma ei. Pe unde a trecut frica, nu va mai fi nimic. Voi r?mâne doar eu.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual. —FROM "MUAD'DIB: THE NINETY-NINE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. —FROM "COLLECTED SAYINGS OF MUAD'DIB

Carnea cedeaz?, gândi el. Eternitatea îÈ™i ia înapoi ceea ce-i aparÈ›ine. Trupurile noastre au agitat, o vreme, apele. O vreme, am fost intoxicaÈ›i de dragoste de via??, de dragoste de sine, o vreme am nutrit câteva idei stranii, înainte de a ne supune instrumentelor Timpului.

What was it St. Augustine said? she asked herself. "The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance." Yes—I am meeting more resistance lately.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." He

In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which are sometimes seen as laws by short-lived awareness. These fleshly sensoria which we call self are ephemera withering in the blaze of infinity, fleetingly aware of temporary conditions which confine our activities and change as our activities change. If you must label the absolute, use it's proper name: Temporary.

En derinlerdeki dürtülerimizi gizlemeye çal??t???m?z zaman tüm varl???m?z ihaneti hayk?r?r.

Can you collect chaos?" the ghola asked. "We Zensunni say: 'Not collecting, that is the ultimate gathering.' What can you gather without gathering yourself?

La carne se rinde. La eternidad recupera lo que es suyo. Nuestro cuerpos agitan brevemente estas aguas, danzan con cierta intoxicación ante el amor a la vida y a sí mismos, tratar con extrañas ideas para después someterse a los instrumentos del tiempo

A maior parte das vidas é uma fuga da essência de cada um.

Die Angst tötet das Bewusstsein. Sie führt zu völliger Zerstörung. Ich werde ihr ins Gesicht sehen. Sie soll mich vollständig durchdringen. Und wenn sie von mir gegangen ist, wird nichts zurückbleiben. Nichts außer mir.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. —FROM "COLLECTED SAYINGS OF MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time.

But "we" in this sentence are the collection of our alternate selves in the alternate, but all equally real, universes of the multiverse.