The Self Quotes

He who practices sheel (virtue) and sayyam (self-restrain) attains to greatness

Dermot Reeve was so self-obsessed that even on the local nudist beach he only admired himself

Ah, if only there were two of me, she thought, one who spoke and the other who listened, one who lived and one who watched, how I would love myself! I would envy no one.

I don't want to point out her flaws, but if I see her going on a self-destructive path, isn't it up to me as her friend to stop her?

Braai Day is a slap in the face of our efforts to regain who we are. And should make any self respecting South African cringe.

Humility leads to the highest distinction, because it leads to self-improvement.

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.

It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.

I'm trying not to delve into my world of abstraction and self-indulgence. But I haven't. When I sit down and I try not to [be abstract], it comes out really forced and awkward.

To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the condition for being a flawless servant.

If you want to understand yourself, Then do not examine yourself. Just love yourself more sincerely, More soulfully And more self-givingly.

My heart needs only one thing. It needs to be guided Along the age-old path Of life-blossoming self-awareness.

What is Yoga? Yoga is self-conquest. Self-conquest is God-Realization. He who practices Yoga does two things with one stroke: he simplifies his whole life and he gets a freee access to the Divine.

Not one But twenty-four self-giving-hours Every day I have For my use.

What gives life its value if not its constant cry for self-transcendence?

Love of the limited self, the very limited self, is another name for human love. Love of the entire world is another name for divine love.

When I was an animal I evolved through selfishness. Now that I am a man my evolution can be achieved only through self-sacrifice.

A moment of self-giving lifecan conquer the sorrowsof many long years

And in self-giving we become really happy. Real humility is the expansion of our consciousness and our service.

Individual self-transcendence collectively inspires humanity at large.

Either consciously or unconsciously we are searching for the highest Self, which is at once eternal and infinite.

The joy of a self-giving life Can neither be measured Nor be expounded.

Man is by nature a lover. Only he has yet to discover the real thing to love. This quest awakens him to the fulfillment of his real Self.

Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success.

Do not make an effort to impress others. When you come from the self, your expression is perfect and your impression lasts for ages.

Life works on strange laws of nature (Karma). One never knows when a friend turns enemy & vice-versa. Rely on your Self; self-reliance

The entire universe is just an expression, projection, of the Being, of the Self. Within this small body, you are able to experience the infinite space.

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.

Whether you're as healthy as you should be or not, that doesn't disallow you to look your best. Style is only possible from a place of self-acceptance.

Seeing, feeling, thinking, believing - these are the stages of how we change our style on the outside and our self-image on the inside.

It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.

Don't exaggerate. Just give your natural bitchy selves full rein

I'm looking forward to being old, to be able to accept what I am and become self-sufficient. Mid-forties is a good age and it's not too far away.

Jazz voices that unvanquishable, natural will toward creaativity and self-expression, depite everything, in the here and now.

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.

In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

Constant reading will pull you into a place - a mind-set, if you like the phrase - where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness.

Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.

Writing is like being in a dream state or under self-directed hypnosis. It induces a state of recall that - while not perfect - is pretty spooky.

You know, the songs that are self-conscious or jerky, they are that way, but the other ones aren't, so that's a good thing. Some of the songs are Beck-jokey, but the others, they have heart in them.

Ideas are self-replenishing, like snot

Even the most self-confident people, at one point of their lives, felt like outsiders or felt like they weren't being heard or seen or witnessed in some way.

I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process.

If I had it to do all over again . . . I wouldn't change a thing.'. . . the final expression of narcissism, the last gesture of self-congratulation.

[Identity liberalism] is about recognition and self-definition. It's narcissistic. It's isolating. It looks within. And it also makes two contradictory claims on people.

A remarkable memoir that's packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self-awareness.

The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head...

Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.