Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

The capacity for fear and for happiness are the same, the unrestricted openness to experience amounting to self-abandonment in which the vanquished rediscovers himself. — Theodor Adorno
Between what human beings so naively and stupidly fear and what they most profoundly ought to fear-i.e. what they so pathogenically and addictively do to… — Kenny Smith
But the self-controlled man, moving among objects, with his senses under restraint, and free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace. — Chinmayananda Saraswati
If a man considers that he is born, he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find out if he has been born or… — Ramana Maharshi
Pride is characterized by "What do I want out of life?" rather than by "What would God have me do with my life?" It is… — Ezra Taft Benson
The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl. — Larry Wall
Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature. — Sivananda
When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits. — Larry Ellison
Now before going to a party, I just tell myself to listen with affection to anyone who talks to me... to try to know them… — Brenda Ueland
By means of Invocation, the being awakens, and awakening becomes fullness. By means of balancing, fullness becomes internal wholeness. By virtue of exteriorized attention, internal… — David Truman
When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can… — Marcus Aurelius
Were you somebody different a thousand years ago? Will you be somebody different a thousand years from now? What is this One Self that is… — Ken Wilber
Great art suspends the reverted eye, the lamented past, the anticipated future: we enter with it into the timeless present; we are with God today,… — Ken Wilber
I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am… — David Brainerd
Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income. — Scott D. Cook
I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got… — Scott Rigell
The secret of a happy marriage is to serve God and each other. The goal of marriage is unity and oneness, as well as self-development.… — Ezra Taft Benson
Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. — Toru Takemitsu
What feeling feels like over time. An attempt to screw up what feeling feels like over time. Heartbreak and a high C.... The often welcome… — Stephen Dunn
That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's first… — Christopher McDougall
Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon. — Khalil Gibran
Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business: and gives in the long run a net result of zero. — Thomas Carlyle
The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike out… — Paul Keating
No matter what the shrinks, or the pundits, or the self-help books tell you, when it comes to love, it's luck. — Woody Allen
If that's the price of getting together, then I'll be damned if I want to live on the same earth with any human beings! If… — Ayn Rand

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