Quotes About Self

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

man's being is essentially his own deed .

Never to talk about yourself is a refined form of hypocrisy.

Not a few who meant to drive out their demons went thereby into the swine themselves.

This secret spoke Life herself unto me 'Behold,' said she, 'I am that which must ever surpass itself.'

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. —MUHAMMAD ALI

The Great Spirit is the innermost Self of all creatures.

Our actions are part of who we are. It's not that we are inert things who do stuff. Rather, the stuff we do and who we are are inextricably woven together.

You see that what you call "self" is the manifestation of everything. You reflect and refract the universe around you in a unique way, and that unique way is commonly called "self." But it does not belong to anyone — certainly not to you!

You're going to lose your life anyway. It may be now. It may be decades from now. But at some point it's going to happen, and you have no idea when or how. So it's important to be true to yourself at every moment.

we forget our ideas of self when we stop concentrating exclusively on how we experience the universe and learn how the universe experiences us.

Aspirins and sleeping pills are not going to cure America's tensions although they may help temporarily. To get at the real source of our anxieties we must find serenity within ourselves.

Look in the mirror. Look at your bank account. Thats all the motivation you need.

Life is a series of tales woven with doubt in order to test your faith . . not in some god or religion . . but in your self.

Remember without self, there can be no selfless acts. Take care, nurture and challenge your self so you can expand the act of selfless action.

Sometimes the hardest battle only exists within yourself, our mind fighting amongst the demons of thought within our own head.

Sometimes the hardest battles only exists within ourselves, our mind fighting amongst the demons of thought within our own head.

A lie twice believed is self-deceived.

The prince raised his head. "I will never serve you. You have defeated me, but you will never own me." He owed these words to those who had died for him. He owed the words to himself. To be destroyed was one thing. At least he had not surrendered.