False Self Quotes

18 quotes by 14 authors

Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the… — Thomas Merton
False self is an identity based on what you have, what you do, and what others think about you. In stark contrast to this is… — Basil Pennington
After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he thinks he is,… — Thomas Merton
Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place.Â The encounter with Christ does not take place… — Henri Nouwen
True sanity entails in one way or another the dissolution of the normal ego, that false self competently adjusted to our alienated social reality... and… — R. D. Laing
True power is not in trying to gain power; true power is in becoming power. But how to become power? It requires an attempt to… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within. — Justine Musk
There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them… — Eckhart Tolle
Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false… — Henri Nouwen
For the sinful self is not my real self, it is not the self YOU have wanted for me, only the self that I have… — Thomas Merton
When you sit quietly and let go of every false self-definition , of everything you think you know about who you are, and then be… — Erich Schiffmann
Ordinary women attempt to change our bodies to resemble a pornographic ideal. Ordinary women construct a false self and come to hate this self. — Susan Griffin
The purpose of the false self is to defend against pain - not deal with reality — Robert W. Firestone
Your burden is of false self-identificationsâ€”abandon them all. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see… — Lili Taylor
Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly part of the reason we… — Basil Pennington
The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. — John O'Donohue
I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to… — Ariel Pink

Who Wrote These False Self Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 18 False Self Quotes as follows: