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I haven't sought self-forgiveness because I feel I was preyed upon and not responsible for the many bad things that happened to me.
When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book that would depress me even more.
Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
In our relationships we need to uphold that aspect of the person which is the real person and the soul beyond their own self-doubt.
if i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.the best actor can divide role from self.the best liar can divide truth from falsity.
Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.
Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.
True love is humble, thereby is it known; Girded for service, seeking not its own; Vaunts not itself, but speaks in self-dispraise.
The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.
Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: "Well, who are the best people to live with?
The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power.
Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to itself.
To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
Remember He is the artist and you are the picture. You can’t see it, you can't see your true self. So quietly submit to be painted.
The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant.
The spine is the highway to the Infinite. Your own body is the temple of God. It is within your own self that God must be realized.
To make the growth choice instead of the fear choice a dozen times a day is to move a dozen times a day towards self-actualisation.
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
I'm a mother and I have a daughter. I'm lucky to be in a position where I'm able to teach her things like self love and acceptance.
One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.
I was self-conscious of what I would call my "tree-trunk legs" because they are very muscular... but now I've learned to love them.
If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.
Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the proletarian movement.
What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you.
No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.
Although self-reported endorsement of sexist attitudes didn’t predict hiring bias, self-reported objectivity in decision making did.
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.
We are self-uncertain creatures, and we may Yea, even when we know not, mix our spites And private hates with our defence of Heaven.
I find drug use disrespectful, self destructive and weak. I want no part of it. I believe in complete respect for myself and others.
Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial...C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it.
An idol is anything put in the place of God as the ultimate reality - the eternal, self-existent, uncaused cause of everything else.
The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge and it is usually acquired laboriously through experience outside the classroom.
Receptivity requires a nimbleness, a fine-honed sensitivity in order to let one's self be the vehicle of whatever vision may emerge.
There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.
The place of connection or separation in relationship to your own being, the place in your self where this occurs, is in your heart.
Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.
The self-regulating mechanism of the market place cannot always be depended upon to produce adequate results in scientific research.
Hair brings one’s self-image into focus; it is vanity’s proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices
The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.
What happens [in a coma] is that you lose the grounding of the self, you no longer have access to any feeling of your own existence.
A string of reproaches against other people leads one to suspect the existence of a string of self-reproaches with the same content.
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.
There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject.
In order to be a good writer, you've got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms in a writer's arsenal.
Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything.
The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations.
The primary object of non-co-operation is nowhere stated to be paralysis of the Government. The primary object is self-purification.
There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity.
Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be let go.