Self Quotes - Page 17

I do know the sorrow of being ordinary, and that much of our life is spent doing the crazy mental arithmetic of how, at any given moment, we might improve, or at least disguise or present our defects and screw-ups in either more charming or more intimidating ways.

It is when you start to have the interest of people in your heart that when you start to make a change.

Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to self-sufficiency. Without repentance, a look at Christ provides only the illusion of comfort.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to other people. And the moment you do it's a formula for yourself, and then you're imitating yourself, and then nobody likes you and they dont know why.

Sam believes now that people repeatedly collide with each other swiftly, brutally – not to produce children but to shatter their sense of self, and be thrust into a creative space beyond reason, where anything can happen. Only through the destruction of psychological borders is freedom possible.

You don’t learn about yourself by being alone, you learn about yourself from other people.

Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.

Teach a person to think and they'll devise a way to eat for a lifetime

Righteous moves,
Invigorating spirits,
Sharing believes, and
Empowering, just one
let's you RISE, above all.

A friend is always good to have, but difficult to be.

if you don't know what to do, do something, and if you know, don't do something.

Life is colorful, but B&W is just as beautiful

We guarantee rude emptiness for ourselves; later in life, when we treat children as - "empty buckets", today.

Each of us comes into being knowing who he is and what he is supposed to do.' ... 'Small children know,' Leto said. 'It's only after adults have confused them that children hide this knowledge even from themselves.

Stand up for who you are. Respect your Self and ignite the divine sparks in you. Access your powers. Choose your rights and work together with others to bring blessings into the lives.

I value my own
independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that
of having another man perpetually directing and advising and lecturing
me, or even planning too closely in any way about my actions. He might
be the wisest of men, or the most powerful-I should equally rebel and
resent his interference...

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

Your mind is a treasure house that you should stock well and it’s the one part of you the world can’t interfere with.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.