Arise Quote by Anne Carson

Self-seeking is the gate by which a soul departs from peace; and total abandonment to the will of God, that by which it returns.

— Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

— Baruch Spinoza

Self is a construct, a feeling, an identity that is internal and can neither be given nor taken away by others. We develop and…

— Judith M Bardwick

The Self is the internal abundance that can be realized at our will any time. It is capable of lifting us up from difficulties…

— Dhruva Bhargava

The self is coming from a state of pure awareness from the state of being. All the rest that comes about in a outward…

— Aldous Huxley

Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical…

— Samuel Alexander

Why is erasing desire seen as so important? If the subjugation of the self is the point of the self what's the point in…

— Tibor Fischer

“Self-seeking is self-destruction”

— James Allen

The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it as this…

— Ramana Maharshi

The self is merely the lens through which we see others and the world.

— Anais Nin

Desire is the root of selfishness; clear your heart of desire and be selfless. Selflessness is the key to inner peace.

— Christofer Drew

The self is not a thing, but a process.

— Thomas Metzinger