Agape Quote by Peter Kreeft

“Death is not the consummation of oneself but just the end of oneself. Before the self vanishes nothing really is, and that is how…

— Iris Murdoch

When we descend all the way down to the bottom of loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain,…

— Elizabeth Lesser

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

“Consider the fact that we care deeply about what happens to the world after we die. If self-interests were the primary source of meaning…

— Atul Gawande

“Doing things for yourself (self-preservation) are ok in in small doses and when necessary but over-burdening you life with your own self will weaken…

— Paul Isaacs

“The secret of life is to “die before you die” — and find that there is no death.”

— Eckhart Tolle

That which we do for ourselves dies with us … that which we do for others lives forever.

— Albert Pike

Various kinds of self-forgetting, usually accompanied by illusions and myths, make it possible to live without the intransigent facing of death-in the sense of…

— Allan Bloom

“Unconditional love and acceptance of self seems to be the hardest task for all humankind. Refusing to accept our “real selves,” we try to…

— John Bradshaw

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

“Long before we even lose our lives, we lose our souls. Tragic but true. Some carry on—willing to make the sacrifices, putting what is…

— Joanne Crisner

“Dying is easy, beloved. It is living that is difficult. The secret is to live fully, to embrace every instant of existence, beautiful and…

— Leonide Martin