Quotes About Self

We carry our own wilderness with us.

He could no longer be that Ed Larsen, but, through a lack of imagination or just sheer exhaustion, he couldn't come up with a new one, and faked his way through the days like a bad actor...

El consuelo verdadero, puesto que solo existe para mí un consuelo verdadero, aquel que me dice que soy un hombre libre, un individuo inviolable, un ser soberano dentro de mis límites.

Por isso, é lícito que lhe seja dito aquilo que disseram, certa ocasião, a alguém: aquele que não teme a vida, também não a amará; aquele que não teme a morte, também não poderá morrer com dignidade; aquele que não teme a si mesmo, também não amará a nenhum outro.

His life was nothing. He was nothing. For a few scant moments, this revelation was spiritual in its purity and simplicity. He felt release.

All he could see was a dark king enthroned, surrounded by a lurid indigo light that hurt the eyes. The king held a sword in his hand. Suspended above his head, rather than resting upon it, was a tall crown that entitled a strong golden radiance. There was power in this man, but he seemed evil. Shan thought his face looked as if it was made of frozen lightning. Is this a true king? Shan thought. Am I to conquer him? Or is it my king? Is he part of myself?

Your dilemma is that you do not trust yourself, which is why you stare into darkness. You have been so close to the answer, walked the ground where it lay absorbed by the stones, yet did not recognise it.

She has a belief in herself that creates an area of safety.

I am a man, he thought. Oh God, it is vile!

How could healing be so dark? She felt only evil around her, nothing healthy at all. It was bleak and cold and cruel. Heartless. This, she reflected miserably, was almost a reflection of herself.

You are a fool! He is not Daniel, and you will never be me!

You are a product of my mind, my ego. I know I would like to be different, but who doesn't?

Will you ever accept me for what I am?

Perhaps you are what everyone says you are," Jadawyn said, then grinned. "But I wouldn't want you to be any other way.

His own madness was the last thing he feared.

He felt as if a sober part of himself still resided in his brain, observing the behavior of the part of him controlled by the Witch.

I saw myself down there. Naked. Myself, but somehow lighter, more golden.

She walks in the great hall searching for the wedding feast that faded away like a dream. She is looking for herself as she was.

You followed a story and the story was partly your own.

Sometimes it is necessary to partake in sacrifice of self, but being a martyr to one's causes inspires only impatience in others.

I released myself to the flow of the world's rhythm, not struggling to search, but simply letting my instinct guide me.

He felt different now, as if a new personality had come to inhabit his body.

How many personalities resided in a single body? Was it possible all aspects of a person could be real?

Thomas Merton asked, "What am I?" and answered, "I am myself a word spoken by God." How we perceive ourselves, who we think ourselves to be, determines the direction of our lives and shapes our relationships. To