Quotes About Self

Demony s? archetypami. Mieszkaj? w ka?dym z nas

The lack of confidence of the Negro in himself and in his possibilities is what has kept him down. His mis-education has been a perfect success in this respect.

Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?' Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself." ..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland." "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.

That was enterprising," Will sounded nearly impressed. Nate smiled. Tess shot him a furious look. "Don't look pleased with yourself. When Will says 'enterprising' he means 'morally deficient.'" "No, I mean enterprising," said Will. "When I mean morally deficient, I say, 'Now, that's something I would have done'.

I am much better employed from every point of view, when I live solely for my own satisfaction, than when I begin to worry about the world. The world frightens me, and a frightened man is no good for anything.

It's the diary that makes the man.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

I ain't a Kat… and I ain't Krazy… it's what's behind me that I am… it's the idea behind me, Ignatz, and that's wot I am.

The Feeling Being

The darkness brought a strange kind of release, and you wished secretly in your heart that darkness would descend on the whole earth so that you could get a chance to see how much energy there was stored in your little self. You could get a chance to leave the cage. You would be free.

A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.

We are betrayed by what is false within

To be at peace with a troubled world: this is not a reasonable aim. It can be achieved only through a disavowal of what surrounds you. To be at peace with yourself within a troubled world: that, by contrast, is an honourable aspiration.

There are no men like me. There's only me

You'll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men.

Tyrion wondered what it would be like to have a twin, and decided that he would rather not know. Bad enough to face himself in a looking glass every day.

I'm short not blind

You are Alayne, and you must be Alayne all the time." He put two fingers on her left breast. "Even here. In your heart. Can you do that? Can you be my daughter in your heart?" "I . . ." I do not know, my lord, she almost said, but that was not what he wanted to hear. Lies and Arbor gold, she thought. "I am Alayne, Father. Who else would I be?

Our clothes make us different people. I would sooner be flesh and blood than silks and jewels,

My head is too large, although I prefer to think it is large enough for my mind.

I was a wolf, she thought, but now I'm just a stupid little lady again.

Csak a bolond alacsonyítja le magát, amikor tele a világ olyanokkal, akik szívesen megteszik ezt helyette.

The old woman I shall become will be quite different from the woman I am now. Another I is beginning.