Self Quotes

Every selfish man, strangely enough, becomes a self slayer

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

In Japan, violence in games is pretty much self-regulated.There's more violence in games in the U.S., in things like Mortal Kombat, where they rip out hearts and cut off heads.

If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance.

To mature is in part to realize that while complete intimacy and omniscience and power cannot be had, self-transcendence, growth, and closeness to others are nevertheless within one's reach.

Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all grasping, and relax into your true nature.

And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station

Know thy self, know thy enemy.

Losing faith in one's self means losing faith in God.

According to this philosophy, each man consists of three parts - the body, the internal organ or the mind, and behind that, what is called the Atman, the Self.

The word 'self' is as great a mystery as the word 'other'. It's just a polarity between two mysteries.

Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.

The good thing about my fans is that they like when I'm awkward and real, so I'm able to just go on stage and be my dorky self.

Just as the self of the human being is the centerpoint of the plurality of manifestations of his life of soul, so is the ONE God, transcending the self, the centerpoint of the world.

They indeed are fools who are satisfied with the fruits of their past effort and do not engage themselves in self-effort now.

Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.

The great lesson to learn of life is the need of giving out from the abundance of one's self in order to be ever abundant within one's self.

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour each day-to get the blessings of solitude.

Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.

As my awareness increases, my control over my own being increases.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

I no longer have time for unnecessary drama. I wasted so much time scared, self-conscious and insecure. Life is too short to stress the small things anymore.

Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.

Men are not free when they're doing just what they like. Men are only free when they're doing what the deepest self likes. And there is getting down to the deepest self! It takes some diving.

You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.

Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.

Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic principle of how to be a human being.

I used to believe the government was the answer to all our problems. But the . . .government, I've concluded, is now aninsufferable jungle of self-serving bureaucrats.

I only answer to two people, myself and God.

The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.

I am the wound and the knife! I am the slap and the cheek! I am the limbs and the rack, And the victim and the executioner! I am the vampire of my own heart.

Everybody wants a solution on how to help their dogs, but we can't really see the problem until we reconnect ourselves to our instinctual self.

Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

The dangers of apparent self-sufficiency explain why Our Lord regards the vices of the feckless and dissipated so much more leniently than the vices that lead to worldly success.

That's what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that's what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.

Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else.

For human nature is strange: the less we are inclined to self-sacrifice, the more we insist on it in others.

Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.

When you become confident with your inner-self, the outside's just going to fall into place.

Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.

The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.

There was a much more self-destructive nature in 'Appetite.' It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.

It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.

Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.