Effort Quote by Ramana Maharshi

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

— Sidney Jourard

Introspecting self is a mission, whose aim is to stay planted in reality.

— Senoraroy

The simplest aspect of self-enquiry is to just hold onto the sense I AM, the sense of Being. Keep the sense of "I" or…

— Mooji

Self-definition and self-determination is about the many varied decisions that we make to compose and journey toward ourselves, about the audacity and strength to…

— Janet Mock

“When does the ‘voluntary’ part (of the Self) arise? It is when one attains the awareness of [the answer to], ‘Who am I?”

— Dada Bhagwan

The self is our life's goal, for it is the completest expression of that fateful combination we call individuality.

— Carl Jung

The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim.

— Marianne Moore

The self is not a thing, but a process.

— Thomas Metzinger

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

...being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneself—be it meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.…

— Viktor E. Frankl

The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.

— Anne Carson

The Self is the internal abundance that can be realized at our will any time. It is capable of lifting us up from difficulties…

— Dhruva Bhargava