Our Self Quotes
234 quotes by 179 authors
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We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think,…
— Joko Beck
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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which…
— Bruno Bettelheim
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Doubt is a virus that attacks our self-esteem, productivity and confidence. Faith that you and your life are perfectly unfolding is the strongest vaccine.
— Sean Stephenson
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Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want…
— Michael Josephson
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Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior.
— Mark Victor Hansen
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Science always goes abreast with the just elevation of the man, keeping step with religion and metaphysics; or, the state of science is an index…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is…
— Pema Chodron
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[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would…
— Christopher Hitchens
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It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In…
— Thomas Merton
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Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the…
— Frederick Salomon Perls
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For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.
— Marvin J. Ashton
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God's revelation... unmasks our illusions about ourselves. It exposes our pride, our individualism, our self-centeredness - in short, our sin. But worship also offers forgiveness,…
— Marva Dawn
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
— Therese of Lisieux
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When food becomes the enemy, every time we lose the fight we not only gain weight, but lose our self-esteem as well.
— Jane Fonda
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Our self-perception determines our behavior. If we think we’re small, limited, inadequate creatures, then we tend to behave that way, and the energy we radiate…
— Marianne Williamson
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The insanity has to stop...It affects each and every one of us, in multiple and nefarious ways: our self-image, how we show up in our…
— Ashley Judd
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Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it…
— Chief Dan George
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The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the…
— John Updike
Who Wrote These Our Self Quotes
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