Becoming Quote by Jack Kornfield

The ideas that we have about self are an aggregate within a state of mind, and they chain us to a state of mind.

— Frederick Lenz

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

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

We aren't anything in particular. There is no self. There are only ideas and states of mind.

— Frederick Lenz

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

In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances…

— Stephen Covey

We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains.

— Mohsin Hamid

What we are doing in life decides how we are creating ourselves.

— Anonymous

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

— Maxwell Maltz

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

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

— Gautama Buddha

“The self is also a creation, the principal work of your life, the crafting of which makes everyone an artist. This unfinished work of…

— Rebecca Solnit