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This is...self-knowled ge-for a man to know what he knows, and what he does not know.
It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.
Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck.
We should exhibit no self doubt to our friends, ... Credibility is a strategic asset.
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness
You don’t need to marry a man with millions. You only need to be your exquisite self.
The man that shows off, to that one who wants to convince of his value is to himself.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
Fear closes all doors to the true self, that brilliant center where the ecstasy lies.
Believe in everything you do cause if you don't have self-belief, you'll be clueless.
...trade the life of self pity, that I was living, for a life of purpose! - Rebekah -
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.
Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.
Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient.
The power of a positive self-image plays a vital role in experiencing perfect health.
With our sense of self out of the the way we are liberated from doubt and insecurity.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves.
You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self.
And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station
Self is the perception of perception. Beyond self there's no perception of perception.
Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.
We are all more or less ill till we find -Self-enquiry our Oneness with everyone else.
Oh, the self-importance of fading stars. Never mind, they will be black holes one day.
If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.
Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.
When you get to know your self, you get to know everyone and everything on the planet.
I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
You are meant to understand the nature of your inner self, and to manifest it outward.
Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.
I practice self-control and staying active. Running round the kitchen keeps me moving.
Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.
I have found that the best cure for self pity is to do something to help someone else.
Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity.
Do not take someone's silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
The best discipline, maybe the only discipline that really works, is self- discipline.
To worship our false selves is to worship nothing. And the worship of nothing is hell.
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration.
Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible.
I have realized that my real self is a greater entity than any possible post or title.
See If You Can Give Yourself Gifts That May Be True Blessings, Such As Self-Acceptance
We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best.
The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside.
I am the most fortunate self-taught harpist and non-speaking actor who has ever lived.
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
Bloggers intent on self-expression which renders no service to readers don't get read.