Self Quotes

Never utter a word if it is not from your navel point and it doesn't confirm your regal, highest self.

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

Individuation is to divest the self of false wrappings.

Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related.

Every act of self-discipline increases your confidence, trust, and belief in yourself and your abilities.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.

Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.

I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul

Freedom [should not be] conceived negatively as exemption from social influences or situational constraints. Rather...positively as the exercise of self-influence to bring about desired results.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

You are -- your life, and nothing else.

A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.

I've decided that I'm not going to try to squeeze myself into a friendship that hurts me anymore. I'm going to let her go and just be friends with people who make me feel good about myself.

I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.

Be the winner in your life!

We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression.

I'd rather die my way than live yours.

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all.

Superior people never make long visits.

I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life to build myself as I am.

I have moments where I miss my old self. But I think anyone can get caught up in what we used to have. But at the same time, we can choose to focus on the beauty of now.

Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible.

I learned about the sacred art of self decoration with the monarch butterflies perched atop my head, lightning bugs as my night jewelry, and emerald-green frogs as bracelets.

Self-judgment is how conditioned mind keeps control over your life.

We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery.

A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self.

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

Give me the death of my soul. Intoxicate me with self-love.

I only write about stuff that’s happened to me.. stuff I can’t get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

People residing within the cult of average don’t like to see others rise. It threatens their security, and spotlights their low self-worth. Go for great, no matter what they say.

We are born to soar. We are children of God. ... The Fatherhood of God offers a deep spiritual cure for the inferiority complex and lays the firm foundation for a solid spiritual self-esteem.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

You can bring out your inner self and moods through dancing. Music does the same.

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.

All knowledge leads to self-knowledge.

Ethical and cultural desegregation. It is a contradiction in terms to scream race pride and equality while at the same time spurning Negro teachers and self-association.