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To my younger self, I would say not to be so hard on yourself. I think that you are your biggest critic.
Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated beware-it is probably self-indulgence.
I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.
The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision.
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
A tenacious grip on our own ideals, irrespective of hurdles, would propel us towards self-actualization!
I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
If people lose their land, they have nothing. You lose your land - you lose your culture, you lose self.
So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
When we work with love we renew the spirit; that renewal is an act of self-love, it nurtures our growth.
In the hierarchy of colors, green represents the social middle class, self-satisfied, immovable, narrow.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the healing of the world.
The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.
Selfishness draws men into a spiritual vacuum where, absorbed in self service, they shut out all others.
The Samsara is the movement of life. And you, an individual self, a form, a moment on a wave, are bound.
Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one's self and because of just following one's whims.
A crucified Savior will never be content to have a self-pleasing, self-indulging, worldly-minded people.
Finding out what you’re good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect.
the mysterious moment of death proves to be a moment of waking. How one longs to take it for one's self!
There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.
I, of whom I know nothing, I know my eyes are open, because of the tears that pour from them unceasingly.
We have the real self and the false self, there's nothing wrong with them, and everyone has both of them.
My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.
I'm a lot more self-confident than I used to be. To some extent I owe that to my children and my husband.
The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.
My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.
Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.
A man's own self is the last person to believe in him, and is harder to cheat than the rest of the world.
Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.
No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being
There are persons who elected to give their existence to God. They are happy, happy in their self-giving.
Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them, than upon what they make us see in ourselves
There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same.
The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.
Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness.
Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.
The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight.
If we would only see that all limitations are self imposed and chosen out of fear, we would leap at once.
I believe in the importance of seeking self-knowledge. The more I know myself, the more I feel empowered.
Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands.
As individuals, I just think that our biggest responsibility is to be self-aware, and some of us are not.
The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.
Until we have the right knowledge of God, the knowledge of self and our need for grace remains distorted.
Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.