Quotes About Self

Only thought which does violence to itself is hard enough to shatter myth.

She had wandered the streets of Vienna and Budapest. No wonder she felt different. Perhaps travel did that to you. Mary had come home, but she was not the same Mary who had left—not quite.

It's very confusing, being all of yourself. You'll find it quite uncomfortable for a while. But you'll get used to it. We all do.

as I go, like those others. I will not be here any more. He seemed to be going over each step in his mind—each step with which he was so familiar, only now, for the first time, he was living it for himself.

You will find that there is a mighty power, a non-exclusive, eternal dimension that actually can change your psychology, your joy of life; it can lift you up, give you a sense of self beyond anything you imagined to empower you to become that child of the universe, a child of God to whom miracles of goodness can come. Take the time to seek; take the time to rediscover the depths of these teachings and everything will change. (p. 20)

Loved heart, what can I say? When I was a lark, I sang; When I was a worm, I devoured. The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are nothing.

Oh, to be something else, yet still to be!

Un sentiment de vénération montait en lui. Il savait que ce sentiment n'était autre que ce qu'il avait toujours été pour le reste de l'humanité, c'est-à-dire le respect de soi-même.

the purpose of a rose is to be a rose. Your purpose is to be yourself. You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.

Reconciliation can also be with your own self. If you don't reconcile with yourself, happiness with another person is impossible.

For true love to be there, you need to feel complete in yourself, not needing something from outside.

There is no single entity whose identity is changeless. All things are constantly changing. Nothing endures forever or contains a changeless element called a self.

Often our perceptions are incorrect. We get in touch with an object and think that it embodies love, happiness, a self, or purity. We tend to think that love is something sentimental that will fill the emptiness inside us. We blame our suffering on another person or group, or on bad luck, but outside conditions are not the reason it appears. Our suffering was already there.

Buddhist teachings are meant to awaken our true self, not merely to add to our storehouse of knowledge. From

If one's perceptions were accurate, reality revealed itself with ease; but if one's perceptions were erroneous, reality was veiled. People were caught in endless suffering because of their erroneous perceptions: they believed that which is impermanent is permanent, that which is without self contains self, that which has no birth and death has birth and death, and they divided that which is inseparable into parts.

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth.

I think, therefore I am really not there.

We have come a long way to find ourselves.

To love is, first of all, to accept ourselves as we are.

We can only dispel our mutual isolation when we practice mindfulness and are able to truly come home to ourselves and each other.

If you hate your body and think that it is only a source of affliction, that it contains only the roots of anger, hatred, and craving, you do not understand that your body is the body of the Buddha, your body is a member of the body of Christ.

The teaching of the Buddha relieves us of suffering. The basis of suffering is ignorance about the true nature of self and of the world around you. When you don't understand, you are afraid, and your fear brings you much suffering. That is why the offering of nonfear is the best kind of gift you can give, to yourself and to anyone else.

If we place our faith in a god, then perhaps later we will lose that faith. If we have faith in a person, then we may also lose faith in that person. We should have faith in something more steadfast and enduring. We need to have faith in ourselves and the Buddha within.

You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take of your own garden and master the art of gardening.