--- title: "8 Universal Self Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Universal Self quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Universal Self sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/deepak-chopra-63_arise_you-are-the-luminous-mystery-in-which-th_116280.jpg" --- > [You are the luminous mystery in which the entire universe with its forms and phenomena arises and subsides. When this realization dawns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/you-are-the-luminous-mystery-in-which-the-entire-universe-with-its/) [Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/deepak-chopra-63_arise_you-are-the-luminous-mystery-in-which-th_116280.jpg) > [If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-you-first-fortify-yourself-with-the-true-knowledge-of-the/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/ramakrishna-2451_midst_if-you-first-fortify-yourself-with-the-t_940045.png) > [The ego is the separate self through which the universal self can experience the adventure of living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-freke/the-ego-is-the-separate-self-through-which-the-universal-self-can/) [Timothy Freke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-freke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/timothy-freke-49068_adventure_the-ego-is-the-separate-self-through-whi_1708112.png) > [“To forget self and identify it with nature is to break down its limitation and to set it at liberty. To break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/to-forget-self-and-identify-it-with-nature-is-to-break-down-its/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/kaiten-nukariya-793_another-life_to-forget-self-and-identify-it-with-natu_1732424.jpg) > [One who has self-esteem esteems oneself because one knows the value of one's being as a singular yet universal expression of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasuhiko-kimura/one-who-has-self-esteem-esteems-oneself-because-one-knows-the-value/) [Yasuhiko Kimura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasuhiko-kimura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/yasuhiko-kimura-52536_brahma_one-who-has-self-esteem-esteems-oneself_2041997.png) > [Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-toynbee/compassion-is-the-desire-that-moves-the-individual-self-to-widen-the/) [Arnold Toynbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-toynbee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/arnold-toynbee-57631_compassion_compassion-is-the-desire-that-moves-the_2043628.jpg) > [That higher awakening is called God-consciousness. In that condition, you will see that all the objects of the world are your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishnananda-saraswati/that-higher-awakening-is-called-god-consciousness-in-that-condition/) [Krishnananda Saraswati](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishnananda-saraswati/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/krishnananda-saraswati-35695_awakening_that-higher-awakening-is-called-god-cons_2237776.png) > [The profound self is a universal self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-girard/the-profound-self-is-a-universal-self/) [Rene Girard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-girard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/rene-girard-8541_deep_the-profound-self-is-a-universal-self-30_3097785.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universal-self/#itemlist", "name": "Universal Self Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You are the luminous mystery in which the entire universe with its forms and phenomena arises and subsides. 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