Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no one can give up what he does not possess. — Thomas Merton
Part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to laws of space and time. — Carl Jung
When you are filled with soul energy you become magnetic." 11 Teachings to help on the journey to Soul Realization: (1) Practive humility; (2) Give… — Choa Kok Sui
Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest,… — Dalai Lama
Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else… — Ramana Maharshi
When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses, then alone can… — Rabindranath Tagore
...Build the raft of meditation and self-discipline, to carry you across the river. There will be no ocean, and no rising tides to stop you;… — Guru Nanak
Love is the most subtle form of self-interest. — Holbrook Jackson
Love turns ma into an ocean of happiness, an image of peace, a temple of wisdom. Love is every man's very Self, his true beauty,… — Swami Muktananda
If you allow your mind to carp at all and sundry, it will turn against itself: the majority of our sorrows are self-inflicted. — Rabindranath Tagore
What good does it do to have all the riches of the world and all the world's pleasures? They will all disappear in the flash… — Rama Swami
Stay, my lord, And let your reason with your choler question What 'tis you go about: to climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first:… — William Shakespeare
For character too is a process and an unfolding. . . among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little… — George Eliot
Losing faith in one's self means losing faith in God. — Swami Vivekananda
Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to see the way… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue… — William Booth
Unfortunately for ethical egoism, the claim that we will all be better off if every one of us does what is in his or her… — Peter Singer
The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their… — Jim Hightower
One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to the uninitiated, faintly… — George Carlin
Our competition in life is solely with our old self. — Boyd K. Packer
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories. — A. E. van Vogt
To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be an idealistic choice… — Robert Anton Wilson
In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of… — Frederic Bastiat
There are many types of emotional abuse but most is done in an attempt to control or subjugate another person. Emotional abuse is like brainwashing… — Beverly Engel

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