Quotes about self
self design humanity
We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design. Dan Simmons
self way waste
A token of ecological awareness in a society devoted to self destruction and waste but unwilling to acknowledge its indulgent ways.
self worst worst-things
The worst things weren't outside of you. Cynthia Voigt
self dungeons prison
We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. Cyril Connolly
self optimism negative
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.
selfish boredom bitterness
Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom.
self black church
The black church often has reinforced certain self images that are damaging to black peoples' beauty, black peoples' confidence. Cornel West
self community black
Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.
self expression people
In situations of sparse resources along with degraded self-images and depoliticized sensibilities, one avenue for poor people is in existential rebellion and anarchic expression. The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people.
self talking transforming
You can't talk about truth without talking about learning how to die because it's precisely by learning how to die, examining yourself and transforming your old self into a better self, that you actually live more intensely and critically and abundantly.
self leader black
It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.
self pieces might
We have to be self-critical even in context that we might be critical of, even as we - our pieces appear in it.
self-esteem love-yourself able
You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others.
self meals blanket
Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals. Colson Whitehead
self-esteem knowing purpose
I attribute my ability to maintain cool to God, self-esteem, and knowing my purpose in life. It can't be based on anything material or external. Common
self soul intuition
A lover cannot be chosen a la smorgasbord. A lover has to be chosen from soul-craving. To choose just because something mouthwatering stands before ou will never satisfy the hunger of the soul-self. And that is what the intuition is for; it is the direct messenger of the soul. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
self maps treasure
Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.
self ideas generosity
Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion...Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.
self government substitutes
As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government. Dwight Morrow
self reason appeals
All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence. Coventry Patmore
selfish kids inspire
When your kid is being selfish or greedy and you want to help them not be that way, you have to find a way to articulate it and inspire them. Louis C. K.
self helping shows
I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.
self-esteem
To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are. Amity Gaige
self-esteem joy self-love
You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing. Ram Dass
self-esteem esteem shortcomings
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.
self track people
My fear is that many institutions will eventually alter how they treat people who refuse to self-track. There are all sorts of political and moral implications here, and I'm not sure that we have grappled with any of them. Evgeny Morozov
self fool interfere
What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness! Kurt Vonnegut
selfish stories remember
A story has to be a good date, because the reader can stop at any time. Remember, readers are selfish and have no compulsion to be decent about anything.
self ideas use
Gandhi’s idea of swadeshi—that local societies should put their own resources and capacities to use to meet their needs as a basic element of freedom—is becoming increasingly relevant. We cannot afford to forget that we need self-rule, especially in this world of globalization. Vandana Shiva
self example denied
If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide, By self-example mayst thou be denied. William Shakespeare
self development want
Lovemaking surely must be, for human beings at our present state of development, one of the more private enterprises. Who would want a witness to that entire self-abandonment and helplessness? Katherine Anne Porter
self leaving thieves
I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.
self silence mind
The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to understand that a silence that is not clamorous with vexation and worried self-regard can become part of the texture of your mind, can seep into you, moment by moment, and gradually change you. Karen Armstrong