Self Quotes by Mason Cooley · Page 2

An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

— Mason Cooley

I create my social existence by earning and spending.

— Mason Cooley

Lonely people console themselves with self-absorption or curiosity.

— Mason Cooley

Self-realization is a comedown from salvation, but still gives us something to hope for.

— Mason Cooley

Self-esteem is not based on itself.

— Mason Cooley

Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.

— Mason Cooley

Self-sacrifice usually contains an unspoken demand for payment.

— Mason Cooley

Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.

— Mason Cooley

Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.

— Mason Cooley

Most self-laceration is more noisy than painful.

— Mason Cooley

My self-absorption warms me; yours boils me.

— Mason Cooley

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

— Mason Cooley

I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.

— Mason Cooley

Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.

— Mason Cooley

Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation.

— Mason Cooley

Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?

— Mason Cooley

When I go out, I hope to leave the worst of myself at home.

— Mason Cooley

True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.

— Mason Cooley

Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.

— Mason Cooley

Courage overrides self-doubt, but does not end it.

— Mason Cooley