Quotes About Self

I pensieri vanno e vengono a loro piacere, nella nostra testa. Non lo si fa apposta a credere a ciò che si crede.

But it is impossible for anyone to say 'I am sacrificing myself' without feeling bitterness.**

The Other is singularly defined according to the singular way the One chooses to posit himself.

Her home is her earthly lot, the expression of her social worth, and her intimate truth. Because she does nothing, she avidly seeks herself in what she has.

Ik kóós het bestaan niet, maar ik besta. Een ongerijmdheid die verantwoordelijk voor zichzelf is, dát ben ik.

The less I identify myself with my body the more I feel myself required to take care of it.

Une liberté qui ne s'emploie qu'à nier la liberté doit être niée.

Sí yo mismo no fuera sino una cosa, nada en efecto me concerniría; si me encierro en mí mismo, el otro está también cerrado para mí; la existencia inerte de las cosas es separación y soledad.

D'improvviso, l'avvenire esisteva; mi avrebbe cambiata in un'altra che avrebbe detto io e non sarebbe più stata me.

Exister authentiquement ce n'est pas nier le mouvement spontané de ma transcendance, mais seulement refuser de me perdre en lui

To exist genuinely is not to deny this spontaneous movement of my transcendence, but only to refuse to lose myself in it.

When one has lived so much for others it is quite hard to turn oneself back again— to live for oneself.

Benim olan tek gerçek, edimlerimdir.

Es en el objeto finito que crea, donde el hombre, encontrará un reflejo fijo de su trascendencia.

Ma vie serait une belle histoire qui deviendrait vraie au fur et à mesure que je me la raconterais.

An imaginary divinity has been given to man so that he may strip himself of it.

Evil is license, and that is why it is monotonous: everything has to be drawn from ourselves. One is condemned to false infinity. That is hell itself.

The reality of the world is the result of our attachment. It is the reality of the self which we transfer into things. It has nothing to do with independent reality. That is only perceptible through total detachment. Should only one thread remain, there is still attachment.

Nous ne possédons rien au monde - car le hasard peut tout nous ôter - sinon le pouvoir de dire je

When we see the world, the image we see is not only a reflection of the world, it is also a reflection of us.

Nöyryys on samaa kuin tieto, ettei siinä mitä sanotaan minäksi ole lainkaan sellaista energiaa, jonka avulla pääsisimme kohoamaan. Kaikki mitä minussa on arvokasta, on poikkeuksetta peräisin muualta; eikä se ole lahjaa vaa lainaa, joka on alituisesti uudistettava. Kaikki mitä minussa itsessäni on, on poikkeuksetta arvotonta; ja jos anastan omakseni muualta saamiani lahjoja, nekin heti muuttuvat arvottomiksi.

El virtuosismo en todo arte consiste en la capacidad de salirse de sí mismo

God allows me to exist outside himself. It is for me to refuse this authorization. The self is only the shadow which sin and error cast by stopping the light of God, and I take this shadow for a being.

God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.