Self Quotes

14166 quotes by 6503 authors

The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body. — George A. Sheehan
No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday. — Erma Bombeck
Astrology is a fact, in most instances. But astrological aspects are but signs, symbols. No influence is of greater value or of greater help than… — Edgar Cayce
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as… — James Madison
Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and… — Laozi
One day you will disappear on a funeral pyre - just into nothingness, as smoke. Don't get attached to anything. This attachment takes you away… — Rajneesh
The path of self-purification is hard and steep. One has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action to rise above the opposing currents… — Mahatma Gandhi
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And,… — Bruce Lee
Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity… — Dalai Lama
You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you… — Ramana Maharshi
Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that… — Joseph Brodsky
We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families, our culture, our… — Anais Nin
Do not work self into a state of over-anxiety at the changes that will be found, or attempt to use up the strength and vitality… — Edgar Cayce
I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man… — Malcolm X
Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to… — Clement of Alexandria
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
One of the great underlying principles governing our life is service. Most of us have to work, but do we serve? Do we work in… — Henry Thomas Hamblin
Service rendered as a gift or love-offering to Life: work that is engaged in, not for self or for profit, but as an act of… — Henry Thomas Hamblin
Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization. — Madeleine M. Kunin
I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and… — Albert Hofmann

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