Will Self Quotes
When you lurch from one thing to the next, constantly scheming, or reacting to incoming fire, the mind gets exhausted. You get sloppy and make bad decisions.
If you love too much, you lose yourself.If you love too little, you never find yourself.
Positive thoughts help us construct a positive life, one thought at a time.
The shortest distance between two people is a story.
The pride in intellect, or rather in the supremacy of the mind, is not restricted to those engaged in intellectual pursuits but is a regular occurrence in all neurosis.
Whether we forget something we are not proud of, or embellish it, or blame somebody else, we want to save face by not owning up to shortcomings.
Pride in many diverse ways is the enemy of love.
Unconditional love… It’s a sacred space, an energy. An eternal flow of all that we are.
The more a child is abused, the more the child uses his abilities to anticipate, manage, prevent, dismantle, and challenge the abusing ways of his parents.
In fact, lying to ourselves may be the most dangerous thing in the world because we live our truth whether we are honest about it or not.
This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior
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To produce a primary [karmic] cause which is potentially capable of having an effect, three things are necessary: intention, the actual action, and then satisfaction.
By aggrandizing one's own abilities and achievements, the grandiose person remains out of touch with who they truly are and as such, remains prone to crossing the boundaries of others.
The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.
It is actually a good survival strategy to manipulate twist, and reorganize the truth in a way that is more consistent with what we can psychologically tolerate.
If each psychology student could help one patient rather than formatting their thesis every semester, then millions of sufferers would benefit each year.
Each person walks a journey unique to himself or herself. Live your own journey and run your own race.
That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner.
With enough information, it is almost impossible "not" to predict people's action.
They say the truth will set you free, but what they neglect to mention is what happens when the truth isn't what you want to hear.
With your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs under control, you can have as much as the richest man and be as peaceful as a Buddhist monk . You can experience inner-happiness and euphoric love.
A person raised in a healthy family is equipped to live a confident and independent life
Words are the writer's sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They're our enchantment and our temptation
It got to the point where it became logical: if a woman was fiercely intelligent, outspoken and passionate, I’d look towards her arms for the scars. They were almost always there.
It's not about blame or wallowing...you are all molded by so much more than a dysfunctional past, and you must ultimately take responsibility for creating the life you want.
You know what? We need a recession in this country, because that would finaly weed out al the subnormal, underdeveloped, stupefied, puerile people in this workforce.
Shift your attention, and your emotion shifts. Shift your emotion, and your attention shifts.
Self-destruction is inevitable because existence is a full-time job.
Zen probably won’t solve a single one of our problems. What it might do is help us relate differently to what we consider problems.
There is always a danger that those who are less obviously and traditionally important, prominent, or powerful will be left out of the history of human experience.
Every human personality is the product of an innate drive to create something unique from one’s raw individual experience.
All the thoughts/images in our minds, and all the emotions connected with our thoughts will sooner or later manifest as our reality.
Taking responsibility of your life and knowing the fact that YOU attract people and events in your life is scary, isn’t it?
The future is listening you, so be aware of what are you are repeating in your mind.
Listening to your ego brings your vibration down
When you find yourself pushing through and using caffeine or sugar to keep going, this is the time to listen to your innate ultradian rhythm and take a rest.
If you want to test how powerful your mind is, simply start thinking positively and see the results for yourself.
Religion means to know God and to love Him.
If you praise others you are considered a nice person, but if you praise yourself you are arrogant or nonreligious! What a society, eh? No wonder your self-esteem is low.
The quality of the results we get in our lives depends on the quality of the self-beliefs we hold.
Don't be a slave to your limiting beliefs. It's your mind, so take control of it today. Stop following the beliefs that don’t help you. Create empowering beliefs that will serve you better.
don't even leap to actions and decisions before you've found that sense of natural calm, well-being, or enthusiasm.
At the most basic level, self-deception is fooling ourselves into believing something that is false -- or -- not believing something that is true.
Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short-sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations...