Self Quotes - Page 106

The ability to secure an independent livelihood and honorable employ suited to her education and capacities is the only true foundation of the social elevation of woman, even in the very highest classes of society. While she continues to be educated only to be somebody's wife, and is left without any aim in life till that somebody either in love, or in pity, or in selfish regard at last grants her the opportunity, she can never be truly independent.

I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it.

Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer--because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement.

The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low intelligence and high emotionality.

The body is an object in which we are all privileged, or doomed, to dwell, the source of feelings of well-being and pleasure, but also the site of illnesses and strains. (...) [I]t is an action-system, a mode of praxis, and its practical immersion in the interactions of day-to-day life is an essential part of the sustaining of a coherent sense of self-identity.

Some people go shopping - I cut myself.

Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.

The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualizat ion.

Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.

The search ends with the realization that there is no such thing as enlightenment. By searching, you want to be free from the self, but whatever you are doing to free yourself from the self is the self. How can I make you understand this simple thing? There is no 'how'. If I tell you that, it will only add more momentum to that (search), strengthen that momentum. That is the question of all questions: "How, how, how?"

There is no need to change this world at all; and there is no need to change yourself either.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

Humility is the forgetfulness of self.

Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.

When you feel this knowledge and this spark in yourself, you've gotta continue feeding it. The best thing is to spend time around other wise men, that keeps it burning. That keeps it in every degree sharp as steel, but make sure you absorb enough to find out how it sparks from yourself, how the self starts the self. Once you've got that you should be free. That's freedom, to me.

I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.

Everything is self-evident.