Quotes about self
selfish sacrifice love-is
If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love. Dada Vaswani
self anchors greed
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build many I's. But in one of them is there a congruence of the elector and the elected. Only one--which you will never find until you have excluded all those superficial and fleeting possibilities of being and doing with which you toy, out of curiosity or wonder or greed, and which hinder you from casting anchor in the experience of the mystery of life, and the consciousness of the talent entrusted to you which is your *I*. Dag Hammarskjold
self poison defense
Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.
self perfection unselfishness
To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.
self roles use
The role of humankind is to use the cultural and social environment it has created to devise new global values.... Human relations with nature are intimately bound up in interpersonal relations and with the relation of the self and its inner life. Daisaku Ikeda
self-esteem people life-is
You know, life is not one in which you just get to choose the things every day that come easily to you. And it's also true - and this is the self-esteem problem - you learn that there are people who are better at things than you are. Condoleezza Rice
self-esteem achievement black
Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
self sensual tunes
Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self. Aaliyah
selfish agency people
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish. Billy Graham
self four christ
Faith implies four things: self-renunciation, reliance with utter confidence on Christ, obedience, and a changed life.
self-esteem trust
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
self-esteem pillars esteem
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life. Meryl Streep
self people scare
I'm self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes. Bjork
self way study
To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. Dogen
self forever mind
To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. Even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever
self mind enlightenment
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.
self mind realization
To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization remains, and this no trace continues endlessly.
self enlightenment trying
To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
self track add
Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control... Cole Porter
self wish youth
Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy. Claude M. Bristol
self saying-no care
Saying no can be the ultimate self-care. Claudia Black
self clothes publicity
Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity. Cleo Moore
self done lasts
I do not see them here; but after death God knows I know the faces I shall see, Each one a murdered self, with low last breath. 'I am thyself,what hast thou done to me?' 'And Iand Ithyself,' (lo! each one saith,) 'And thou thyself to all eternity! Dante Gabriel Rossetti
selfish people looks
If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical. Danny Trejo
self sea chimes
Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible. Dante Alighieri
self ignorant spurs
Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity whcih spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity.
selfish boredom bitterness
Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. Cyril Connolly
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. Cornel West
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 government substitutes
As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government. Dwight Morrow
self example denied
If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide, By self-example mayst thou be denied. William Shakespeare
self giving best-self
You are your best self when you give yourself away. Karen Armstrong