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Self Quotes by Ernest Becker
- What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is…
- Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.
- If the love object is divine perfection, then one's own self is elevated by joining one's destiny to it... All our guilt, fear, and even…
- What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is…
- Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not seem to be…
- ...Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a symbolic self, that seems to give…
More Self Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Forgive yourself and get over 'self hatred.' In life, everybody screws up I mean everybody. Some people blame themselves for stuff, when… — Pacifiersucker
- It is the policy of the Indian government: We can lament the lack of talent in the country because it is easier… — Mak_786
- Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others. — Ronald Reagan
- Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the… — Samuel Johnson
- Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe