Quotes About Self

Postoji u meni nešto užasno, što raste i što ne poti?e od mene samog, ve? iz mrakova koje nosim u sebi, što poti?e odande gde ?ovekova duša ne zna gde po?inje a gde se završava njegovo Ja, niti šta ga je nateralo da zapo?ne onako kako misli da je zapo?eo.

To confront the metaphysics I have created for myself, in accordance with the void I carry within me.

Uzam, zaman, boyut, oluÅŸ, gelecek, ilerisi, varl?k, varolmay??, ben, ben olmayan, hiçbir ÅŸey ifade etmiyorlar bana.

La matière ne me mangera pas, moi.

We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a complete sense of our own existence — yet we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder.

I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and yet momentous coming of the sense of self into the world of the mental.

The self is a repeatedly reconstructed biological state.

Un luogo non è mai solo "quel" luogo: quel luogo siamo un po' anche noi. In qualche modo, senza saperlo, ce lo portavamo dentro e un giorno, per caso, ci siamo arrivati.

Self-preservation is the first and strongest law of nature

to be ME, Merewyn. These

Don't act. Be.

To become a mother, I feared, was to relinquish your status as the protagonist of your own life.

My competent self is doing the talking; my bewildered self is being addressed.

Il primo motore è la cosa più perfetta che c'è, è pensiero che pensa a se stesso; dunque esso muove come ciò che è amato, cioè secondo il fine, mentre tutte le altre cose muovono essendo mosse, cioè secondo la causa efficiente. Il mondo lo ama per la sua perfezione e non per la sua bontà, e lui stesso è immobile perchè, essendo perfetto, non ha nulla da attuare.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.

You have to respect yourself before you can command a guy's respect.

Hey, you look at your tits; I'll look at mine! (Michael Tolliver, Tales of the City)

I'm Michael," said Michael, just as his nose started to bleed again.

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure in to which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.

It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own way, steered by some secret compass of the soul. And sometimes, late or early, the compass lost its power and spun aimlessly on its bearings. Alan Bishop

The Ghost in the Machine.

My dear Watson, said [Sherlock Holmes], I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.