Quotes about self
self people ignorant
Keeping people neurotic and depressed and ignorant and self-doubting is oppressive. Susie Bright
self denial way
Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial. Susie Orbach
self luxury clothes
Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression. Isn't there some other way to look at this? After all, angst of these dimensions is a luxury item. You need to be well fed, clothes, and housed to have time for this much self-pity. Susanna Kaysen
self liberty gone
In a strange way we were free. We'd reached the end of the line. We had nothing more to lose. Our privacy, our liberty, our dignity: all of this was gone and we were stripped down to the bare bones of our selves
self voice white
No one really needs me," he says, and there is no self-pity in his voice. It's true his family doesn't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handful of friends. But they will get on. Even Haymitch, with the help of a lot of white liquor, will get on. I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. "I do," I say. "I need you. Suzanne Collins
self people catching-fire
I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles.
self suffering-of-others let-it-go
[D]on’t cling to your self-righteous suffering, let it go. . . . Nothing is too good to be true, let yourself be forgiven. To the degree you insist that you must suffer, you insist on the suffering of others as well. (90) Stephen Levine
self humanity beast
In choosing not to be a beast, I discovered my humanity. I became autodidactic, self-educated - a critical thinker. Stanley Williams
self ideas unhappy
The problem with life is, we often do things that will ultimately be self-destructive and make us unhappy, yet in that moment it seems like the best idea in the world. You have to be careful of moments - they're tricksy things. Sophie Dahl
self world opinion
Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference. Sophie Swetchine
self action behavior
For a person to feel responsible for his actions, he must sense that the behavior has flowed from the self. Stanley Milgram
self taste rhythm
Rhythm to me is essentially what Hopkins called the taste of self. I taste myself as rhythm. Stanley Kunitz
self expression joy
Looking relevant, modern, timely and appropriate in terms of your age, body type and lifestyle is not only about the joy of self-expression but a form of self-care: it lets the world know how you want to be perceived and treated. Stacy London
self-esteem opportunity style
Self-esteem doesn't come simply from dressing well, but they are both something we can control. It's a missed opportunity when women say they don't have the money, figure, etc., because style is such a way to help cultivate the way women feel about themselves.
self-esteem moving emotional
We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.
self-esteem love-you eye
Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.
self spirit relation
A human being is a spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is self? The self is a relation that relates itself to itself or is the relation's relating itself to itself in the relation. Soren Kierkegaard
self deception infinite
Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception.
self miracle scientist
This is the miracle of life: that each person who heeds him or herself knows what no scientist can ever know: who he or she is.
self fishing monsters
I go fishing for a thousand monsters in the depths of my own self
self relation relate
The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self is not the relation but that the relation relates itself to its own self.
self-esteem hero long
Juno: "The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem." Percy: Cause I was right and he was wrong" Juno: "He should be used to that after being married to me so long, but alas. Rick Riordan
selfish writing selfishness
It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. Tanith Lee
self people giving
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market. But the problem is that it's all backwards. It's not that you do the right thing and hope it pays off; the morally right thing is by definition the thing that gives the biggest payoff. Tana French
self doubt acres
For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt. Sylvia Plath
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 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.
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