--- title: "17 Lower Self Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 17 Lower Self quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Lower Self sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/matshona-dhliwayo-52_higher-self_you-meet-your-higher-self-the-day-you-tu_184107.jpg" --- > [“You meet your higher self the day you turn your back on your lower self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/you-meet-your-higher-self-the-day-you-turn-your-back-on-your-lower/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/matshona-dhliwayo-52_higher-self_you-meet-your-higher-self-the-day-you-tu_184107.jpg) > [“When your higher self rises your lower self falls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/when-your-higher-self-rises-your-lower-self-falls/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/matshona-dhliwayo-52_consciousness-quotes_when-your-higher-self-rises-your-lower-s_2792034.jpg) > [“The lower self is a ghost to the higher Self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bert-mccoy/the-lower-self-is-a-ghost-to-the-higher-self/) [Bert McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bert-mccoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/bert-mccoy-14090_ego-mind-quotes_the-lower-self-is-a-ghost-to-the-higher_1371612.jpg) > [Some people lower their own self esteem simply by seeking approval of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/some-people-lower-their-own-self-esteem-simply-by-seeking-approval-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/anonymous-1_approval-of-others_some-people-lower-their-own-self-esteem_10892.jpg) > [If being with them requires you to lower your self-worth you shouldn't be with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/if-being-with-them-requires-you-to-lower-your-self-worth-you-shouldn/) [Sonya Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/sonya-parker-80_bad-relationship_if-being-with-them-requires-you-to-lower_2367936.jpg) > [“Ownership is yet another of the endless forms of arrogance engaged in by the lower self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/ownership-is-yet-another-of-the-endless-forms-of-arrogance-engaged-in/) [Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/bryant-mcgill-108_arrogance_ownership-is-yet-another-of-the-endless_701988.jpg) > [The lower your self-esteem, the more apt you are to believe that someone else holds the key to your happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hemphill/the-lower-your-self-esteem-the-more-apt-you-are-to-believe-that/) [Helen Hemphill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hemphill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/helen-hemphill-242097_believe_the-lower-your-self-esteem-the-more-apt_2513998.png) > [“You recognize your lower self when you look in a mirror, but only recognize your higher self when you look inside your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/you-recognize-your-lower-self-when-you-look-in-a-mirror-but-only/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/matshona-dhliwayo-52_higher-self_you-recognize-your-lower-self-when-you-l_22029.jpg) > [Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/whatever-posessions-and-objects-of-its-desires-the-lower-self-may/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/rumi-56_desire_whatever-posessions-and-objects-of-its-d_2679639.jpg) > [Your lower self sees you as the center of the universe- your higher self sees you as a cell in the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/your-lower-self-sees-you-as-the-center-of-the-universe-your-higher/) [Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/peace-pilgrim-1191_body_your-lower-self-sees-you-as-the-center-o_1992215.png) > [You can't let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that's what it is - self-esteem. You need to first love yourself before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-harlow/you-can-t-let-someone-else-lower-your-self-esteem-because-that-s-what/) [Winnie Harlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-harlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/winnie-harlow-7091_first-love_you-can-t-let-someone-else-lower-your-se_1035500.jpg) > [We can only take it so far, because man can only take it so far, lower self can only take it so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-cooper/we-can-only-take-it-so-far-because-man-can-only-take-it-so-far-lower/) [Alice Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/alice-cooper-2435_certain_we-can-only-take-it-so-far-because-man-c_1424040.png) > [“Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to material senses, mind and intelligence, one should control the lower self by the higher self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhagavad-gita/thus-knowing-oneself-to-be-transcendental-to-material-senses-mind-and/) [Bhagavad Gita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhagavad-gita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/bhagavad-gita-11777_higher-self_thus-knowing-oneself-to-be-transcendenta_658999.jpg) > [Think about all the good things of your life. Never think about your difficulties. Forget yourself, and concentrate on being of service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/think-about-all-the-good-things-of-your-life-never-think-about-your/) [Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/peace-pilgrim-1191_causes_think-about-all-the-good-things-of-your_1717422.png) > [The higher our self-esteem, the stronger the drive to express ourselves, reflecting the sense of richness within. The lower our self-esteem, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/the-higher-our-self-esteem-the-stronger-the-drive-to-express/) [Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/nathaniel-branden-2125_esteem_the-higher-our-self-esteem-the-stronger_1920978.png) > [It is a curious thing how poets tend to become ascetics… Even a debauch for them is a self-flagellation. They go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/it-is-a-curious-thing-how-poets-tend-to-become-ascetics-even-a/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/d-h-lawrence-426_admitting_it-is-a-curious-thing-how-poets-tend-to_753926.png) > [ “It \[the Now Habit program\] cuts through the crippling assumptions of the Puritan work ethic—that your production determines your worth—and the negative… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-a-fiore/it-the-now-habit-program-cuts-through-the-crippling-assumptions-of/) [Neil A. Fiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-a-fiore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/neil-a-fiore-33128_habit_it-the-now-habit-program-cuts-through-th_2392173.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lower-self/#itemlist", "name": "Lower Self Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You meet your higher self the day you turn your back on your lower self.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matshona Dhliwayo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/you-meet-your-higher-self-the-day-you-turn-your-back-on-your-lower/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/matshona-dhliwayo-52_higher-self_you-meet-your-higher-self-the-day-you-tu_184107.jpg", "contentUrl": 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