Quotes About Self

Legally I am a 'widow' — that is the box I must check. But beyond that — I am not sure that I ­exist.

There's a German term- heimweh, homesickness. It's a powerful sensation, like a narcotic. A yearning from home, but for something more- a past self, perhaps. A lost self. When I first saw you on the street, Katya, I felt such a sensation… I have no idea why

You love the life you've lived, you're an American girl. You believe you have chosen it.

As our great American philosopher William James has said, an individual has as many selves as there are individuals whom he knows. There isn't the slightest hypocrisy in this, but only pragmatic ethics. For not all persons are worthy of our acquaintance, and not all persons require equal time from us. You save your most valuable 'personality' for the most valuable persons you know.

you had to have a deep, mysterious soul to want to destroy yourself. The shallower you are, the safer. Colborne

You love the life you've lived, there is no other. You love the life you've lived, you're an American girl. You believe you have chosen it.

I am snatching at things to prove my life.

Você pode fingir ser quase tudo que não é, há pouquíssimas coisas que de fato se pode ser.

yearning self? Yearning to purify himself at last, after

I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space—who else? & that night in my sand-colored 1987 Ford van with the American flag decal covering the rear window cruising Cedar Street, Dale Springs & parked in shadow & with my binoculars trained to the mostly shaded or darkened windows I thought, If this is where I am this is who I am. & so it was.

Confiad en lo interior, no en lo exterior. Confiad en el alma, no en el Estado.

To destroy evil we must destroy the being which evil inhabits, even if it is ourselves.

La desesperación es una enfermedad del espíritu, del yo, y puede adoptar, en consecuencia, tres formas: la desesperación de no ser consciente de tener un yo; la desesperación de no querer ser uno mismo; la desesperación de querer ser uno mismo.   SØREN KIERKEGAARD, La enfermedad mortal     La muerte de una hermosa niña de

L)ong term fundamental change can only come when we search our selves, our souls, our spirits, for an inner peace that can then reflect outwards in our actions.

People living in the vanity of their own mind not only destroy themselves, but far too often, they bring destruction to others around them.

Grace is the power of God to help us in other areas in which we cannot help ourselves.

reminding Satan and yourself that you do not walk after the flesh but after the Spirit. Walking after the flesh is depending on yourself; walking after the Spirit is depending on God.

Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence. —1 CORINTHIANS 10:11–12 THE MESSAGE

A person is from wherever they feel best, and roots are for plants. Everyone knows that, don't they?

Sólo tú estás. Sólo tu cuentas. Lo demás es un juguete que hay que despedazar porque nos hace daño estar jugando con él a eso de estar sacrificando nuestro mejor tiempo a intereses que no son ni pueden ser nuestros.

It's a decision you have to make for yourself every day. Every day, you will fight for a moment of peace.

Es gibt kein Ich vor der Annahme eines Geschlechts.

I don't leave home without me.

What kind of choice is it, really, when motherhood forces you into a delicate balancing act -- not just between work and family, as the equation is typically phrased, but between your premotherhood and postmotherhood identities? What kind of choice is it when you have to choose between becoming a mother and remaining yourself?