Quotes about self
self soul inability
The core of original sin, then is LOT - Lack of Trust. Or, it could be considered an innate inability to adequately value ourselves. Label it a 'negative self-image,' but do not say that the central core of the human soul is wickedness. ... positive Christianity does not hold to human depravity, but to human inability. Robert H. Schuller
self giving people
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on. Robert Greene
self data algorithms
Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming. Rob Pike
self speak awareness
Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self. Richard Leakey
self personality desire
You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well. Samuel Alexander
self long desire
Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
self crucible mastery
Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted Tariq Ramadan
self process reconciliation
The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
self hands enemy
[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry. Ta-Nehisi Coates
self community ironic
Humans also tend to find community to be pleasurable, and within the boundaries of community relationships, words - often ironic and self-deprecating - are always spoken that take on other meanings when uttered by others.
self mind rooms
There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self. T. D. Jakes
self errors judging
What is this self-inside us, this silent observer, severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us, and urge us onto futile activity, and in the end, judge us still more severely for the errors into which his own reproaches drove us? T. S. Eliot
self may patterns
History may be servitude. History may be freedom. See, now they vanish. The faces and places, with the self which, as it could, loved them, to become renewed, transfigured, in another pattern.
self order camouflage
How much of my true self I camouflage and choke in order to commend myself to him, denying the fullness of me. How often have I paraded sweetness and interest when I felt otherwise; pretended to take careful leave of him on many an occasion when I would rather have walked right out. How I've toned myself down, diluted myself to maintain his approval. Sylvia Ashton-Warner
self discipline talent
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure. Sydney J. Harris
self edification actors
Result of self-consciousness: audience and actor are the same. I live my life as a spectacle for myself, for my own edification. I live my life but I don't live in it. The hoarding instinct in human relations. Susan Sontag
self building process
the process of building a self and its works is always too slow. One is always in arrears to oneself.
self people transformation
I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.
self views healthy
Everyone, including skeptics, will generate delusions that match their views. That is how a normal and healthy brain works. Skeptics are not exempt from self-delusion. Scott Adams
self growing musician
I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician. Ray LaMontagne
self mirrors machines
Machines will follow a path that mirrors the evolution of humans. Ultimately, however, self-aware, self-improving machines will evolve beyond humans' ability to control or even understand them. Ray Kurzweil
self way clients
No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client. Ray Kroc
self body individual
Each component of the organism, like the individual in the social body, possesses the capacity for enjoyment of the self through sharing with others. Raoul Vaneigem
self worry suffering
Worry is momentary atheism crying out for correction by trust in a good, sovereign God. Suffering breaks self-reliance. Randy Alcorn
self meditation feelings
Buddha has said to his disciples: Whenever you meditate, after each meditation, surrender all that you have earned out of meditation, surrender it to the universe. If you are blissful, pour it back into the universe - don't carry it as a treasure. If you are feeling very happy, share it immediately - don't become attached to it, otherwise your meditation itself will become a new process of the self. And the ultimate meditation is not a process of self. The ultimate meditation is a process of getting more and more into un-self, into non-self - it is a disappearance of the self. Rajneesh
self space mind
Zen is the most scientific method to inquire into your consciousness. It takes you beyond mind into a space called no-mind. No self, but pure awareness, and you have a taste of eternity and immortality.
self rights earth
I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living": that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it. Thomas Jefferson
self government safe
I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries.
self mind willingness-to-change
True forgiveness is a willingness to change your mind about your Self. Robert Holden
self conditions
Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition. Robert Henri
self inward turns
Turn thy gaze inward, wherein resides the Supreme Self. Swami Vivekananda
self done influence
Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.
self serenity desire
Plunge into the world, and then, after a time, when you have suffered and enjoyed all that is in it, will renunciation come; then will calmness come. So fulfill your desire for power and everything else, and after you have fulfilled the desire, will come the time when you will know that they are all very little things; but until you have fulfilled this desire, until you have passed through that activity, it is impossible for you to come to the state of calmness, serenity, and self-surrender.