The Self Quotes
The best way to reduce stress in your life is to stop screwing up.
As understanding deepens, the further removed it becomes from knowledge.
If you say it very softly, with a smile, you can get away with saying almost anything, even the truth.
I am small.So are stars from a distance. It's all a matter of perspective.
It is strange... the reasons one feels he doesn't deserve things.
Unprovoked hostility is often but displaced self-defense: 'I must stop him before he stops me.' In many of such environments, nobody is really hateful so much as they are just fearful.
Hatred and disdain do harm to the donor not the intended recipient…The Strength in Knowing ----- by I. Alan Appt
Memories demand attention, and these memories will have teeth.
The world is your perception of it. Inside and outside always match - they're reflections of each other. The world is a mirror image of your mind.
Human Nature is not a problem that can be fixed by rules and regulations. All solutions to the existing problems must be based on how people behave, not on how we think they should behave.
It is crucial for us to understand the origins of our low self-esteem before we can transcend it.
Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.
One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one.
There are many legal and psychological ramifications to using Krav Maga in the real world and nearly all of them are extremely unpleasant.
The only relationships that exist are based on truth. Everything else is just a mutual and isolating delusion.
It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, often you do so for people you do not even like or respect.
To be a success you need to have persistence of drive, persistence of vision, and persistence of action. You will be doing yourself a disservice by not staying resilient.
When the intensity it takes to extricate one from a negative state is equal to or greater than the intensity that perpetuated the state, then the person can be freed of that state
Excerpt from "The Strength in Knowing"Doubt is the archenemy of the purity of thought and it inhibits theessence of all that is
To a certain degree, We all seek, life’s purpose and meaning, love, peace and joy, and knowledge, wealth and power…
We need dualities or opposites to appreciate, understandand recognize value and distinction in our lives. If we did not have bitter, we could not appreciate sweet....
Retirement with its open canvas, is an especially opportune time to cultivate expanded experiences.
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say ‘Here I am’ and those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are.
There are as many life missions as there are people. We are all unique. We are all important.
Prolonged stress causes the human body to make adaptations so it can continue to serve you at a functional level. The more stress, the more adaptations.
Wisdom is not guaranteed with age but is realized through one's sensitivity to humanity and the universe
Happiness does not come in large incomes or the most exotic home, it comes in small doses of a great self esteem which can be built upon the strengths of an individual.
It was time to bring out the world destructive weapons. It was now time to hit him where it would do the biggest damage, his pride.
Through solving problems we improve and develop ourselves, reach maturity and strengthen our will
True strength isn’t being able to knock your enemies down, it’s being able to hold yourself upright against their blows.
Value those whose capabilities are insurmountable you yourself possess the same strength....there's NO value in clowns! Believe and overcome!
Self realization of strengths and weaknesses is the first step towards salvation.
There is a power within and without. If you ask, it answers. It's just a matter of being calm and wise and listening. It takes years.
You can't go back and I think that's the point of all to grow and grow until you don't want to anymore.
You do not need any more strength. You only need to realize how strong you already are.
