Communication Quote by David Antin

“It is quite natural to think of the self as something concrete, but it is, in fact, nothing of the sort. Rather, it is…

— Neel Burton

“The self is configured in ways that both reflect and influence the very foundations of social life and everyday living. Without the guidance set…

— Philip Cushman

A self is, by its very essence, a being with a past. One must look lengthwise backwards in the stream of time in order…

— Josiah Royce

Psychologists and economists love to talk about the notion of two selves: present self and future self. It's a nice way to explain the…

— Daniel Goldstein

The self is merely the lens through which we see others and the world.

— Anais Nin

“Self is living entity, not immutable like soul, but mutable and ever-changing life, which is body when observed by senses, and which is mind…

— Kaiten Nukariya

The self is the class (not the collection) of the experiences (or autopsychological states). The self does not belong to the expression of the…

— Rudolf Carnap

The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it…

— Erving Goffman

“Isn't it strange that what we call "self" doesn't really constitute of our "own". It consists of parts and bits of so many people…

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears,…

— C. S. Lewis

Self is a construct, a feeling, an identity that is internal and can neither be given nor taken away by others. We develop and…

— Judith M Bardwick

Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric of fictions…

— Dan Chaon