Ambiguity Quote by Stephen Batchelor

The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self or that…

— 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

“It is quite natural to think of the self as something concrete, but it is, in fact, nothing of the sort. Rather, it is…

— Neel Burton

The self cannot be self without other selves.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

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

“When my self is no longer the all-consuming preoccupation it once was, when I see it as one narrative thread among myriad others, when…

— Stephen Batchelor

Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying.

— Lewis Thomas

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

The self is not a thing, but a process.

— Thomas Metzinger

“The fundamental construct of self and other is becoming untenable.”

— James Hamblin