Self Quotes

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Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art. — Mason Cooley
We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the structures of schooling… — John Taylor Gatto
I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout prayer life. That is where… — Ravi Zacharias
The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to… — Dan B. Allender
All these years you've been searching and looking and trying to change things, trying to add thing onto yourself, trying to acquire things when you… — Robert Adams
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. — Cyril Connolly
The spirit is the true self. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on Him… — Ramana Maharshi
The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see any… — Ramana Maharshi
A man does not have to go and find where his eyes are in order to see. The heart is there, always open to you,… — Ramana Maharshi
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being.… — Ramana Maharshi
There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and now but that… — Ramana Maharshi
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation. — Ramana Maharshi
Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation. — Albert Einstein
Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it can be presence, awareness, unification, self-discovery. Negative… — Thomas Merton
I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self. — Arthur Miller
I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred. — Frank Langella
People respond better to kindness than cruelty. Why, it's even caught on in the workplace, that bastion of self-hatred and disrespect. — Cheri Huber

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