Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to… — Dogen
To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be… — Dogen
Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining… — Dogen
We must be willing to be completely ordinary people, which means accepting ourselves as we are without trying to become greater, purer, more spiritual, more… — Chogyam Trungpa
The idea of buddha mind is not purely a concept or a theoretical, metaphysical idea. It is something extremely real that we can experience ourselves.… — Chogyam Trungpa
I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with… — Jeane Kirkpatrick
Don't let a grade decide your self-worth. Personally, in my opinion, someone should gauge their self-worth on what they've accomplished that makes them feel good...… — Brandon Boyd
After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he thinks he is,… — Thomas Merton
In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which… — Thomas Merton
The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us for which we exist....It is a living… — Thomas Merton
The true inner self must be drawn up like a jewel from the bottom of the sea, rescued from confusion, from indistinction, from immersion in… — Thomas Merton
Without its daydreams, the self is apt to shrink down to the size and shape of the estimation of others — Michael Pollan
When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are… — Sarojini Naidu
To be free is to be capable of thinking one's own thoughts - not the thoughts merely of the body, or of society, but thoughts… — Rudolf Steiner
No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being — Roy Keane
Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're… — Harper Lee
I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself… — Aneurin Bevan
In a way, both the U.S. media and those wacky rioters in the Afghan-Pakistani hinterlands are very similar, two highly parochial and monumentally self-absorbed tribes… — Mark Steyn
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights we designed to get the government off the backs of the people -- all the people. Those great… — William O. Douglas
For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great. — Abe Fortas
Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and initiative. They teach you a lot about working in… — Byron White
Spend the most time with your best people. ... Talent is the multiplier. THe more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the… — Marcus Buckingham
We have a mental block inside us that stops us from earning more than we think we are worth. If we want to earn more… — Brian Tracy
Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you. — Brian Tracy
Self-study, in a sense of learning by yourself without anybody teaching you anything, has an enormous value. — Robert Kraft

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