Self Quotes · Page 226

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

— Ramana Maharshi

Present yourself always As who you would be, And that is the person The world will see.

— Robert Breault

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Stan Ulam was lazy, ... He talked too much ... He was self-centered ... . He had an overpowering personality.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.

— Alain de Botton

I'm ready to take on different selves and experiment and see what happens.

— Angel Olsen

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I think exercise is really important, not just for your physical self, for your body, but for your head.

— Jill Biden

I remain optimistic that ultimately free speech and a free press where individuals have access to the dialogue will have a self-correcting…

— Al Gore

It's my view that human dignity - an attribute which for years has been taken by the Left in British politics -…

— Maurice Saatchi

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its…

— Ralph Merkle

Remember: ego can create misery, ego can create anguish, ego can create hate, ego can create jealousy. Ego can never become a…

— Rajneesh

We are all part of the One Spirit. When you experience the true meaning of religion, which is to know God, you…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.

— Donald Tusk

“When can you say you have ultimate liberation (moksha)? When you become aware that you are free. When you have the awareness…

— Dada Bhagwan

I was more of a Star Wars kid, actually. I always thought Star Trek was a lot of talk, and it felt…

— J. J. Abrams

You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and…

— Caroline Knapp

Here's what I do believe very strongly: that once capitalism comes into existence, once it creates this mythology of a stingy nature,…

— Murray Bookchin

The phrase, the world wants to be deceived, has become truer than had ever been intended. People are not only, as the…

— Theodor Adorno

God must have been engaged from the beginning, and must now be engaged in progressive development, and infinite as God is, he…

— John Andreas Widtsoe

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds…

— Donna Shalala

“A kind of unspoken grand bargain was forged between the anti-Establishment and the Establishment. Going forward, individuals would be permitted as never…

— Kurt Andersen

I feel like the demo or the audience for 'The Bachelor' is not used to seeing anything new, so they'll really kind…

— Gabby Windey

I give the niggaz what they came to see, a reflection of one self where they aim to be.

— T.I

“No-one loves another More than he loves whatever another within may have That is part of one's self”

— Fernando Pessoa

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

— John Kessel

Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I've been the best in the world, and I believe my self worth, it's more important to me than my net worth.

— Henry Cejudo

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

— Jose Bergamin

Groveling for connection from someone who compares you to Hitler is not good for a person's self-esteem.

— Amy Dickinson

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

— Philip Yancey

I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The astonishing light of your own being. ~Hafiz

— Hafiz

We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection

— Robert A. Heinlein

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.

— Rita Mae Brown

Innocence is not pure so much as pleased, Always expectant, bright-eyed, self-enclosed

— May Sarton

To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.

— Justine Musk

Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

— Albert Goodwill Spalding

You must admit you have self-control before you can use it.

— Carrie Latet

Your ego is just an idea implanted in your mind. It is poisonous. Your ego keeps driving you madder and madder.

— Rajneesh