“Finally, nausea at my own ballooning sense of self wore me down and I slept. (17)” — Shani Mootoo Copy Share Image
“To get back to the person I am, I had to reject so much of who I was told that I was.” — Allyson Dinneen Copy Share Image
Forget about trying to stabilize the personal sense of Self. It is inherently unstable. See that the Self watches this. — Mooji Copy Share Image
With our sense of self out of the the way we are liberated from doubt and insecurity. — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Forgiveness happens naturally when you see that it has no purpose other than to strengthen a false sense of self, to keep… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A solid sense of self develops from confronting yourself, challenging yourself to do what’s right, and earning your own self-respect.” — David Schnarch Copy Share Image
“Your hope doesn't come from within-not in the sense of self, anyway. It comes from God alone. If not, then it will… — Tracie Peterson Copy Share Image
“Because the brain models our sense of self as just another instance of a thing, it is easy for us to project… — Sean Hastings Copy Share Image
You can tell your kids they are perfect and don't need to change - which could cause insecurity when they recognize their… — Daphne Oz Copy Share Image
My mother ... had a very deep inner spirituality that allowed her to rebuild her life. It's extraordinary that she had such… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
“True love has no opposite. If your “love” has an opposite, then it is not love but a strong ego-need for a… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours";… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“One day you may catch yourself smiling at the voice in your head, as you would smile at the antics of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Strong convictions do not necessarily signal a powerful sense of self: very often quite the opposite. Intensely held beliefs may be no… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think that there's a sense of self-reliance that exists in skateboarding that kids can take to their daily lives. I think… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
When your fulfillment and sense of self are no longer dependent on the future outcome, joy flows into whatever you do. You… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“I hate gossips. I really do. I often wonder where they get the time and effort they put into either digging or… — Dew Platt Copy Share Image
You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believed in God. I told… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
THE MALE JOURNEY t some point in time, a man needs to embark on a risky -journey. It's a necessary adventure that… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
...Iknow the bitter fact that most lives are incredibly wasted, that opportunities for developing identity, for receiving pleasure, for achieving a sense… — Irena Klepfisz Copy Share Image
Fidel Castro is a man with a great sense of self-criticism and respect for his political friends. He is not going to… — Salvador Allende Copy Share Image
“Some people with DID present their narratives of sadistic abuse in a quite matter-of-fact way, without perceptible affect. This may sometimes be… — Graeme Galton Copy Share Image
“For ages you have come and gone courting this delusion. For ages you have run from the pain and forfeited the ecstasy.… — Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi Copy Share Image
“The train slows and lengthens, as we approach London, the centre, and my heart draws out too, in fear, in exaltation. I… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The particular egoic patterns that you react to most strongly in others and misperceive as their identity tend to be the same… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Reading these stories, it's tempting to think that the arts to be learned are those of tracking, hunting, navigating, skills of survival… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“If you start with the idea that addiction isn’t a primary disease, but an attempt to solve a problem, then you soon… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“For many of us, no achievement and no amount of selflessness permits the luxury of self-satisfaction. To be good is to KNOW… — Claudia Bepko Copy Share Image
“But it is the nature of narcissistic entitlement to see the situation from only one very subjective point of view that says… — Sandy Hotchkiss Copy Share Image
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy. — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of… — Ruben Fleischer Copy Share Image
“Their (men) sense of self is defined through their ability to achieve results. They experience fulfillment primarily through success and accomplishment.” — John Gray Copy Share Image
Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
The whole objective universe is created, ordered, by our perception and by our sense of self. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
I will always be fashion. I try to pull it together. I think that comes from a sense of self. That's how… — Erika Jayne Copy Share Image
“Not only can depression separate you from yourself, if it lingers too long, as it did with Sally Brampton, you can lose… — Nick Dubin Copy Share Image
