Antithesis Quote by Frank Herbert

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

When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.

— Frank Herbert

“...afflictions arise from identifying with a false sense of self, whereas great contentment arises from seeing the true nature of things. If one believes…

— Karma Lekshe Tsomo

The embodied self is the same person who woke to the world in a burst of visonary immediacy, who soon found that he was…

— Anonymous

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

— Thomas Mann

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive…

— Idries Shah

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

It is not understood that before life an individual decides to live. A self is not simply the accidental personification of the body's biological…

— Seth

[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to…

— Thandie Newton

“The precious … uniqueness which the human individual claims is conferred on him not by possession of an immortal soul but by possession of a mortal…

— Alan Wilson Watts

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

— Bernard Berenson

The realisation of one's own death is the point at which one becomes adult.

— Lawrence Durrell