Our Self Quotes

234 Our Self quotes by 173 unique authors

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind. — Marcel Proust
The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our… — Frank Serpico
Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. — Tullian Tchividjian
Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known. — Dag Hammarskjold
But I felt certain that if the world would stop indulging wars and famines and other perils, it would be possible for human beings to… — John Irving
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It's always our self we find in the sea. — E E Cummings
They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them. — Mahatma Gandhi
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves… — Erwin McManus
With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem. — Azar Nafisi
Relationships are treated like Dixie cups. They are the same. They are disposable. If it does not work, drop it, throw it away, get another.… — Bell Hooks
We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest. — Eric Hoffer
The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and… — Brennan Manning
Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most… — Carlos Castaneda
When we truly discover how to love our neighbor as our self, Capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary. — Shane Claiborne
Our self discoveries make us each a microcosm of the larger pattern of history. The inertia of introspection leads toward recollection, for only through memory… — Terence McKenna
[O]ur own bodies are changing every second. Yet we take the body to be our Self; and, speaking in terms of it, we say, “I… — Swami Satchidananda
Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue. Even "humble" attitudes can be masks of… — David F. Wells
Some people spend their whole lives looking for themselves, yet our self is the one thing we surely cannot lose (how like a cheap philosopher… — Kate Atkinson
The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we lose… — Portia de Rossi
…Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human… — Dan Brown
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known… — Timothy Keller
However, when we are depressed, being reminded of other people's suffering only serves to increase our self-hatred. — Dorothy Rowe
I have a sense that God is unfair and preferentially punishes his weak, his dumb, his fat, his lazy. I believe he takes more pleasure… — George Saunders
Where I say that He abideth sorrowfully and moaning, it meaneth all the true feeling that we have in our self, in contrition and compassion,… — Julian of Norwich

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