Quotes about self
self flames littles
We are just a little tiny flicker of a much larger flame that is Life itself, Consciousness itself, Being itself, Love itself, God’s very self. Richard Rohr
self people trying
Either you allow Holy Scriptures to change you, or you will normally try to use it to change--and clobber--other people. It is the height of idolatry to use the supposed Word of God so that my small self can be in control and be right. But I am afraid this has been more the norm than the exception in the use of the Bible.
self-esteem sleep choices
Motherfucker. She leaves me no choice. Now I have to break her self-esteem, sleep with her and steal the shirt. Tucker Max
self care narrative
The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit. Tullian Tchividjian
self grace righteousness
Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.
self appreciate understanding
When it comes to understanding and appreciating grace, our biggest problem is our so-called goodness...not our self-perceived badness.
self sometimes weak
Sometimes God has to remind you that you're weak so that you can be set free from your "self-sufficiency."
self grace slavery
While our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. God came after us not to strip away our freedom but to strip away our slavery to self, that we could become truly free.
self get-better needs
The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.
self enemy righteousness
The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel.
self views law
Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.
self-confidence self fragile
Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece. Sylvia Kristel
selfless-love shocking shocking-things
I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. Sylvia Plath
self doubt acres
For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt.
self dry-up people
I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion.
self selfless sense-of-self
I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.
self-questioning hurtful together
Life has been some combination of fairy-tale coincidence and joie de vivre and shocks of beauty together with some hurtful self-questioning.
self names space
The whole universe is one. There is only one Self in the universe, only One Existence, and that One Existence, when it passes through the forms of time, space, causation, is called by different names, buddhi, fine matter, gross matter, all mental and physical forms. Everything in the universe is that One, appearing in various forms. When a little part of it comes, as it were, into this network of time, space and causation, it takes forms. Take off the network, and it is all one. Swami Vivekananda
self soul body
The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe-the body-is the soul.
self mind world
That which is nearest is least observed. The Atman is the nearest of the near, therefore the careless and the unsteady mind gets no clue to it. But the person who is alert, calm, self-restrained, and discriminating ignores the external world and, diving more and more into the inner world, realizes the glory of the Atman and becomes great.
selfish thinking people
We are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up to set right other people, and not ourselves. If we are miserable, we say, "Oh, the world is a devil's world." We curse others and say, "What infatuated fools!" But why should we be in such a world, if we really are so good? If this is a devil's world, we must be devils also; why else should we be here? "Oh, the people of the world are so selfish!" True enough; but why should we be found in that company, if we be better? Just think of that.
self renunciation
There is nothing so high as renunciation of self.
self vegetables years
Whether you bathe in the Ganga for a thousand years or live on vegetable food for a like period, unless it helps towards the manifestation of the Self, know that it is all of no use.
self democracy said
As John Adams said, all democracies will eventually self-destruct. We seem to be doing it very quickly. Rosanne Cash
self-confidence bonus degrees
Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees. Ron Suskind
self-esteem preparation action
Confidence is preparation in action. Ron Howard
self class roots
Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. Ron Fournier
self-esteem society trying
Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant. Rollo May
self people world
I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. Rupert Friend
self-esteem careers long
It's always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don't know if I'm good enough to have a long career. I've got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense. Rupert Grint
selfish light darkness
Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light. Rumi
self idols easy
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.
self devil looks
If thou has not seen the devil, look at thine own self.