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Quotes About Self

We like to say "I changed my mind," but the human mind alters its direction so rapidly and constantly, we might as well say "My mind changed me.
~ Tony Hoagland
your ego is nothing but a mean and cruel deceptive little freak living inside your head that will never bring joy and happiness to your life. What that ego will bring is frustration, depression, manipulation, and fear.
~ Tony Horton
Love, it seems to me, is the condition in which one is most contentedly oneself.
~ Tony Judt
Roy: The immutable heart of what we are that bleeds through whatever we might become. All else is vanity.
~ Tony Kushner
It seems to me that our attachment to purpose is born from our need to prove something to ourselves. But life is simply life, and is not trying to prove anything at all. This springtime will not try to be better than last springtime, and neither will an ash tree try to become an oak.
~ Tony Parsons
The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity.
~ Tony Robbins
Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be
~ Tony Robbins
Never be shy to invest in yourself and in your own personal development, as this is your most valuable asset.
~ Tony Scott
The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.
~ Tony Snow
He lost himself somewhere on the harmless side of lunacy, slightly south of innocuous but definetly north of demented.
~ Unknown
Human consciousness is a big game of make-believe. It's nothing more than mutually fanciful speculation, and the self, consequently, is nothing more than a ridiculous illusion at best and a destructive delusion at worst. We can't know each other's perspective, we only pretend we can. That's why people walk around so terrified of each other most of the time.
~ Unknown
Just be your Self. Don't put your ego where it doesn't belong. Your ego is just a tool to assist you in life. Don't mistake it for who you are. The ego is a distracting backseat driver who thinks it knows everything. Keep it in its proper place. Tape its mouth shut, so you can better enjoy the ride instead of trying to control it.
~ Unknown
You can't be loyal to others if you're not loyal to your own nature first.
~ Unknown
If I am not for myself, who will be? But if i am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?
~ Unknown
Locura? - Conflicto entre el yo real y el anhelado
~ Unknown
Give me life Give me pain Give me myself again.
~ Tori Amos
But I needed to access the Dark Prince in myself, instead of pulling in men who had access to it.
~ Tori Amos
If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.
~ Tori Amos
The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.
~ Tori Amos
Life is the reflection of consciousness. Change your consciousness and your life will change.
~ Torkom Saraydarian
Måske, siger han, er du selv indviklet, så bliver dit liv det også.
~ Tove Ditlevsen
Jos yritän saada kaiken entiselleen, niin minusta itsestänikin tulee samanlainen kuin ennen. Alan taas pelätä.
~ Tove Jansson
Det är en kväll för en sång, tänkte Snusmumriken. En ny visa som ska ha en del förväntan i sig och två delar vårmelankoli och resten bara hejdlös förtjusning över att få vandra och vara ensam och trivas med sig själv.
~ Tove Jansson
Hon tvättade varje fönster och ordnade bokhyllan, inte efter författare denhär gången utan alfabetiskt. När det var färdigt kom hon att tänka på ett bättre och personligare system och började ordna böckerna efter sig själv, de hon tyckte mest om på översta hyllan och de värsta längst ner. Hon upptäckte förvånad att det inte fanns en enda hon tyckte om.
~ Tove Jansson