Self Quotes - Page 139

If a person lacks self- acceptance, he can't live with himself; if he lacks self-criticism, others can't live with him.

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.

When thou standest still from thinking and willing of self, the eternal hearing, seeing, and speaking will be revealed to thee, and so God heareth and seeth through thee. Thine own hearing, willing, and seeing hindereth thee, that thou dost not see nor hear God.

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.

I hate solitude but I am afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself and to turn it into a dialogue would be equivalent to self-destruction. The company I need is the company which a pub or a cafe will provide. I have never wanted a communion of souls.

The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.

The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.

In acute diseases the physician must conduct his inquiries in the following way. First he must examine the face of the patient, and see whether it is like the faces of healthy people, and especially whether it is like its usual self. Such likeness will be the best sign, and the greatest unlikeness will be the most dangerous sign. The latter will be as follows. Nose sharp, eyes hollow, temples sunken, ears cold and contracted with their lobes turned outwards, the skin about the face hard and tense and parched, the colour of the face as a whole being yellow or black.

It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you.

What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?

Black people cannot and will not become integrated into American society on any terms but those of self-determination and autonomy.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

Ride the energy of your own unique spirit.

Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figuratively speaking, it will be like providing the women of civilized society with a pocket dagger for self-protection.

I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self.

The self is fundamentally an illusion arising as a reflection of the soul in matter, much as a clear lake at midnight reflects the moon.

What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is food for worms.

If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?

The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

An 'I' without a body is a possibility. But a body without an 'I' is utterly impossible.

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

We might neglect our future selves because of some failure of belief or imagination.