Quotes about self
self grandfather inward
Our grandfathers lived in a world of largely self-sufficient, inward-looking national economies — but our great-great grandfathers lived, as we do, in a world of large-scale international trade and investment, a world destroyed by nationalism. Paul Krugman
self details awareness
Through conscious beings the universe has generated self-awareness. This can be no trivial detail, no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here. Paul Davies
self-esteem normal haha
Good! Hang in there! It's normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it's a sign of intelligence (but don't let that go to your head haha) Patrick Stump
selfish arrogant world
Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world
self views political
And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy. Patrick Dempsey
self people racism
When I moved to London in the 1990s, it had changed a great deal. Racism had become deeply uncool. But there has been a return of racism in the guise of "antiterrorism." People who look like myself are immediately suspect. I've become extremely self-conscious about going into crowded public places. Pankaj Mishra
self spirit realizing
We are all part of the One Spirit. When you experience the true meaning of religion, which is to know God, you will realize that He is your Self, and that He exists equally and impartially in all beings. Paramahansa Yogananda
self body temples
The spine is the highway to the Infinite. Your own body is the temple of God. It is within your own self that God must be realized.
self world lions
Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around.
self people religion
Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.
selfish wwe damn
YOU'RE TOO DAMN SELFISH!!! Owen Hart
self law liberty
The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it demands self-restraint, a sane and clear recognition of the practical and attainable, and of the fact that there are laws of nature which are beyond our power to change. Otto Hermann Kahn
self people unattractive
I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive. Patty Duke
selfishness twins twin-sister
Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness. Percy Bysshe Shelley
selfish men virtue
In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.
self evil solitude
I cannot endure the horror, the evil, which comes to self in solitude.
self movement spirit
Self-recognition, the self-contemplation of spirit is the primary movement out of which all creativeness proceeds. Paul Twitchell
self years class
I started working in front of the camera for the first time when I was 15 years old. I joined a soap opera. We filmed in Brooklyn and I would skip class to shoot my scenes. It was terrifying and I entirely self-conscious in front of the camera. Paul Wesley
self causes events
A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assumption or prediction that, purely as a result of having been made, cause the expected or predicted event to occur and thus confirms its own 'accuracy.' Paul Watzlawick
self electorate
Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate. Paul Weyrich
self electorate
Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.
self people helping
The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves. Paul Wellstone
self realization world
The happiness of God-realization is self-sustained, eternally fresh and unfailing, boundless and indescribable. And it is for this happiness that the world has sprung into existence. Meher Baba
self important looks
Since male and female incarnations are equally necessary for self-knowledge, it is not right to look upon one as being more important than the other.
self goal realization
There is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization.
self defense comedy
I only direct in self-defense. Mel Brooks
self knowing consciousness
He is conscious only of God...To be conscious of knowing God is to know about God and self.
self true-self
The more deeply we are our true selves, the less self is in us.
self tree mind
I know I can walk through the world, along the shore or under the trees, with my mind filled with things of little importance, in full self-attendance. A condition I can't really call being alive. Mary Oliver
self psychics insulting
Every woman who has come to consciousness can recall an almost endless series of oppressive, violating, insulting, assaulting acts against her Self. Every woman is battered by such assaults - is on a psychic level, a battered woman. Mary Daly
self hands effort
Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so. Martin Delany
self mystery evident
God is the "mysterium tremendum," that appears and overthrows, but he is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I. Martin Buber
selfish example fiction
Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction. Pope Benedict XVI