Application Quote by F. H. Bradley

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

— Fay Weldon

It turns out that our notions of what a 'self' is and how it might feel fulfilled have no more objective status than most…

— Maureen O'Hara

The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self or that…

— Frederick Lenz

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

“Man is a world-forming being, a being that actively constitutes his own world, but when everything is always already fully coded, the active constituting…

— Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

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

“Self-transformation commences with a period of self-questioning. Questions lead to more questions, bewilderment leads to new discoveries, and growing personal awareness leads to transformation…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to…

— Diane Ackerman

“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

Selfless giving changes our concept of our identity. When we give to others our unselfishness removes the spot of "self" that stained our awareness.

— Frederick Lenz

“Selflessness is not about being aware of how you’re affected by thought. It’s how you affect someone else by the choices that you make.…

— Eric Pepin

“How ludicrous were all attempts at defining the self”

— Krys Lee