Quotes About Self

The big thing was realizing for myself that I had tied my ego to the outcomes and to startups.

I have never tied my hair in a bun and I rarely wear a bindi.

The more you identify with your mind, the further away you are from Your Self.

The basis of karma is simple: you are the source of all your baggage.

There is no such thing as ego; it is empty talk. The nasty part of you, you call it ego. Whenever you get nasty, you don't want to see, "It is me who is nasty." You want to say, "Oh, it is my ego." This is another way of passing the buck. There is no ego. There is just you, and you, loid and you alone.

Moved even as I turn in fresh despair from this suffering self I gaze at the moon as the year ends

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self.

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

Let no one flatter himself of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.

Since happiness is nothing else than the enjoyment of the Supreme Good, and the Supreme Good is above us, no one can enjoy happiness unless he rises above himself.

May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us." ...

It is not our body which feels, not our mind which thinks, but we, as single human beings, who both feel and think.

These lion runs are more advanced in that we are sensing ourselves in relationship to where we are. Awareness puts us in tune with the elements. This elemental connection is part of being alive.

Who are you when you are no longer who you are? What do you do with a self that is no longer your self? If you don't know who you are, how do you go on living? If you cannot live as yourself, who and what is it that you are living for?

I looked like me. I sounded like me. But I wasn't me.

The greatest danger, that of losing one's own self, may pass off quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, that of an arm, a leg, five dollars etc., is sure to be noticed. Søren Kierkegaard

There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons.

Many men spend their lives living in the wrong corner of their souls, mainly out of fear of what they might find on the other side.

The self is me, the me is I, and that's all that's left.

Cos'altro possono togliermi? Dovunque io vada mi porto dietro il mio inferno.

Who you are is the greatest differentiator you've ever had.

I came to the realisation that it was impossible to change my environment. I decided to try and change myself instead.

The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.