Self Quotes

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There is provided an escape from the narrowness and poverty of the individual life, and the possibility of a life which is other and larger… — John Caird
We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All we need to… — Ramana Maharshi
This is the greatest stumbling block in our spiritual discipline, which, in actuality, consists not in getting rid of the self but in realizing the… — Thomas Merton
Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime by trying to… — James Bovard
The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms for… — Don Kates
A further aspect I should like to discuss is what I call the practice of infinite escape clauses. I believe we developed this practice to… — Sidney W. Fox
Sure! A relationship with the Almighty is not impossible. We must realize that one's approach to the Presence of Almighty Being, who is absolutely unseen,… — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
Man is the weak being who, in spite of all his self-importance and pride of wealth and capital, is vanquished by the smallest microbe. — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
Islam united all heresies persecuted in Byzantine Empire and synthesised them well into a conseffion that later became a symbol of Arab self-affirmation. — Lev Gumilev
My whole life I've been so self-conscious about being skinny. And just recently I don't care anymore. All insecurities are projected because of what you… — Shailene Woodley
Whoever reads the gospel with a single eye, and sincere intentions, will find, that our blessed Lord took all opportunities of reminding his disciples that… — George Whitefield
There are times in my life when I let myself get consumed with jealously for someone else's life, their body, their wardrobe, their talent. They… — Demi Lovato
...losing through you what seemed myself, i find selves unimaginably mine; beyond sorrow's own joys and hopings very fears yours is the light by which… — E E Cummings
The thought of the presence of God and the spirit of worship will in all my actions have as their immediate object Jesus, God and… — Pope John XXIII
Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him. — Dante Alighieri
It would not become physical science to see in its self created, changeable, economical tools, molecules and atoms, realities behind phenomena... The atom must remain… — Ernst Mach
Characterization requires self-knowledge, insight into human nature . . . it is more than impersonation. — Leon Surmelian
Synchronicities, epiphanies, peak, and mystical experiences are all cases in which creativity breaks through the barriers of the self and allows awareness to flood through… — F. David Peat
Self Realization is finding That which is beyond even superconsciousness itself, beyond the mind-timeless, causeless, spaceless. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting for status. Man… — Neal A. Maxwell

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