--- title: "9 Small Self Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Small Self quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Small Self sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/katie-aselton-9957_black_i-d-like-to-get-something-small-and-self_981015.png" --- > [I'd like to get something small and self-generated in before Black Rock has whatever life that it has.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-aselton/i-d-like-to-get-something-small-and-self-generated-in-before-black/) [Katie Aselton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-aselton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/katie-aselton-9957_black_i-d-like-to-get-something-small-and-self_981015.png) > [Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/our-prayers-may-be-an-index-of-how-small-and-self-centered-our-world/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/d-a-carson-4044_may_our-prayers-may-be-an-index-of-how-small_719911.png) > [“Let go of your small self and become your true self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuaki-tanahashi/let-go-of-your-small-self-and-become-your-true-self/) [Kazuaki Tanahashi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuaki-tanahashi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/kazuaki-tanahashi-34706_be-yourself_let-go-of-your-small-self-and-become-you_796284.png) > [Fling away your soul once for all, your own small self; if you will find it again. Count not even on immortality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/fling-away-your-soul-once-for-all-your-own-small-self-if-you-will/) [James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/james-anthony-froude-4052_death_fling-away-your-soul-once-for-all-your-o_3111189.png) > [To live and breathe with an exclusive focus on one's small self, disconnected from the whole, is the definition of egotism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-gannon/to-live-and-breathe-with-an-exclusive-focus-on-one-s-small-self/) [Sharon Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-gannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/sharon-gannon-2432_breathe_to-live-and-breathe-with-an-exclusive-fo_1156610.png) > [“I will still feel some importance in altering the room, because there you were, the pastiche of some lovely distant star as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-burkard/i-will-still-feel-some-importance-in-altering-the-room-because-there/) [Michael Burkard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-burkard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/michael-burkard-53153_astronomy_i-will-still-feel-some-importance-in-alt_2479606.jpg) > [The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-self-of-which-you-speak-whether-it-is-the-great-self-or-the-small/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/gautama-buddha-163_concepts_the-self-of-which-you-speak-whether-it-i_165856.jpg) > [We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/we-can-believe-we-are-being-self-reliant-and-independent-and-yet/) [Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/julia-cameron-830_being_we-can-believe-we-are-being-self-reliant_2624780.png) > [“Fortunately, all you have to get rid of is the illusion. People think they have to get rid of the small self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-esmann/fortunately-all-you-have-to-get-rid-of-is-the-illusion-people-think/) [Jan Esmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-esmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/jan-esmann-107895_identity_fortunately-all-you-have-to-get-rid-of-i_1499447.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/small-self/#itemlist", "name": "Small Self Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd like to get something small and self-generated in before Black Rock has whatever life that it has.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katie Aselton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-aselton/i-d-like-to-get-something-small-and-self-generated-in-before-black/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/katie-aselton-9957_black_i-d-like-to-get-something-small-and-self_981015.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/katie-aselton-9957_black_i-d-like-to-get-something-small-and-self_981015.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/katie-aselton-9957_black_i-d-like-to-get-something-small-and-self_981015.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd like to get something small and self-generated in before Black Rock has whatever life that it has.” — Katie Aselton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D. 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