Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment.

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

The flesh, or human nature, is generally lazy and self-centered.

Everyone self-Googles. And, I have, of course, the Google alert.

I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis.

Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance

Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.

Without the body, the wisdom of the larger self cannot be known.

In commitment, we dash the hopes of a thousand potential selves.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

I still say the only education worth anything is self-education.

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

While you had the chance to live, did you become your true self?

The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

I'd like to be my old self again but I'm still trying to find it

Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.

Self-forgetfulness in creativity can lead to self-transcendence.

Bruheem kol dumuyay eloha! Blessed are all God's self-portraits.

The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.

Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.

If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

I think the teenage sides of myself have informed my adult self.

No, actors go out with actresses as a form of self-flagellation.

Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.

Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious.

To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

Don't exaggerate. Just give your natural bitchy selves full rein

This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.

Surrender to your own self, of which everything is an expression.

The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.

The self is known to every one but not clearly. You always exist.

Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.

Many people live in a self-imposed prison and don't even know it.

The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.

True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty.

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