Act Quote by Gary Wolf

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

— Julia Alvarez

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

— Anais Nin

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

Having a self, even a simple self, allows you to look into the world and put a mark over what is more important and…

— Antonio Damasio

From the beginning moments of life, the urges for each of us to become a self in the world are there--in the liveliness of…

— Louise J. Kaplan

“How we think and feel about ourselves has an enormous impact on our ability to perform. A healthy self-image can tip the scales in…

— Kristen Clark

Actualization of self cannot be sought as a goal in its own right. . . . Rather, it seems to be a by-product of…

— Sidney Jourard

The more deeply we are our true selves, the less self is in us.

— Meister Eckhart

All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one up to…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We are in our Self. We are not in the world.

— Ramana Maharshi

There is no one can better discer our inner self except ourselves.

— Charyll Gatela

To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself

— Meg Cabot