Quote by Leonard Ravenhill

“The one true way of dying to self is the way of patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God.”

— Andrew Murray

“To be self-centered is to be self-destroyed…The preservation of self is the surest path to self-destruction (Crowded to Christ, p. 128).”

— L. E. Maxwell

“The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-motivating. But anytime we put self before Savior, we’re in trouble”

— Toni Sorenson

“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be dead to…

— Pope Gregory I

“By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man–every man–is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the…

— Ayn Rand

“Self is found in knowledge, devotion and concentration, in integrity, purity, moderation, self-control and intelligence.”

— Gian Kumar

“The one whose self-interests (selfishness) in this world goes away, he will become the Absolute Supreme Self (parmatma), provided he does not become intoxicated…

— Dada Bhagwan

“At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction; he has a secret horror of all which…

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

“But soon a better nature seems to come over him, and gentler words fall from his lips. He preaches patience to himself – he…

— James Malcolm Rymer

“He's paying the price and wondering for what sin and telling himself that he's been too selfish. In what act or thought of his…

— Ayn Rand

“He who surrenders himself to the Supreme Being at the level of consciousness and performs all actions in the vision of the soul, he…

— Shiv

“To be something, to be himself, and always at one with himself, a man must act as he speaks, must know what course he…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau