Quotes About Self

One of the Buddha's most widely quoted phrases is attadipa saranam, which means taking refuge (saranam) in the island (dipa) of self (atta).

Similarly by looking deeply into the nature of impermanence and no self, you can also touch the nature of nirvana.

I entrust myself to Earth, Earth entrusts herself to me. I entrust myself to Buddha, Buddha entrusts herself to me.

My full name is Jonathan.

I was working in cartoons. I could go to Comic-Con, buy the Hal Jordan ring, I could buy animation cels, but at the end of the day, I come back to an empty apartment. I had a life that was only around me, and when I was broken, my world was broken.

I've always thought of myself as a journalist; that was what I did.

International sport is a lonely journey. You compete with one's self and try to grow as a cricketer.

I sometimes wonder why I talk about Judaism so much in my act, and the reason is that it's such a huge part of who I am, and I only make fun of stuff that I care about.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary.

I don't mind being judged or pressure being put on myself.

As an artist, I struggle with how much of myself to give to the people. How much I want my personal business to be judged.

When you're on set, you're like, 'Everyone's judging me because I'm the director, and everyone thinks I'm doing this because I just love myself and I want to do everything.' Part of it's true: I do want to do everything, and I do kind of love myself.

If you don't trust your own judgment as an artist, as someone who has contributed to a work of art, then why do it?

Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that.

It's supposed to be fun. You should come to work every day and not have insecurities and not be self-conscious; just be your wonderful, perfect self.

If I'm the biggest artist in the world, cool, but I want to just be me.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

I don't know what the fans expect out of these fighters, but I know what I expect out of myself. And that's go out there, beat people up, and just be me.

My hope is that I can continue writing and, in the future, I can just be Maya Soetoro-Ng.

Man, that's all I can do, just be myself.

I want really badly to just be funny in a movie but be close to myself.

It's important for everyone to just be able to express themselves in whatever way.

Your personal gym should be a place where you can exercise and just be yourself.