Chains Quote by Frederick Lenz

“We need to think of the self as a continuum, a steady story over time. The mind is always searching for similarities, associations, repetitions,…

— Siri Hustvedt

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

Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be.

— Jack Kornfield

We have so many ideas and beliefs about ourselves. We told ourselves story about what we want and who we are, smart or kind.…

— Jack Kornfield

“We create our sense of self by merging our fragmented thoughts in a coherent conception of our being.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

The Self is not in the realm of thought. The Self is in the gap between our thoughts. The cosmic psyche whispers to us…

— Deepak Chopra

The self is coming from a state of pure awareness from the state of being. All the rest that comes about in a outward…

— Aldous Huxley

“I saw clearly that the idea of the self—of distinction, of me, of an inner and outer—is just an illusion,” he said, “something created…

— Emily Esfahani Smith

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

“These mental and physical components of self­ belief are closely interlinked. They are used to slowly interweave the per­sonal narratives that very effectively create…

— David Amerland

The social self is simply any idea, or system of ideas, drawn from the communicative life, that the mind cherishes as its own.

— Charles Horton Cooley

The self is not the individual body or mind, but rather that aspect deep inside each individual person that knows the truth.

— Vishnudevananda Saraswati