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Self Quotes by Laozi
- Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore…
- 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…
- Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there…
- Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment.…
- Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and…
- Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?
- Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.
- Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.
- The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided…
- Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own…
- Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.
- The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
- Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have…
- Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.
- The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
- Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.
- Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.
- If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate…
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- 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
- Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 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
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others. — Ronald Reagan