Self Quotes - Page 281

Be thou what thou singly art and personate only thyself. Swim smoothly in the stream of thy nature and live but one man.

Every being has its own interior, its self, its mystery, its numinous aspect. To deprive any being of this sacred quality is to disrupt the total order of the universe. Reverence will be total or it will not be at all. The universe does not come to us in pieces any more than a human individual stands before us with some part of his/her being.

My only means of self defense is to wiggle my eye and feign being a salamander. It has saved my life but once I was partially eaten by a bald eagle who thought I was a salamander. Hence, my skills. Hence.

My truths are all foreknown,This anguish self-revealed.I'm naked to the bone,With nakedness my shield.

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.

Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self.

Inevitably out of the psychedelic experience emerges not despair, not self-indulgence, but wild-eyed idealism, that's the inevitable product of any psychedelically driven social process.

When you can laugh at yourself, you are free.

My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting. That's just a phase I've been in lately. I don't think this should be how i proceed in life. It's important to be self-aware about these things because you don't want to end up with that guy.

Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with us, we are convinced we are in danger. Our shame fuels ongoing fear, and our fear fuels more shame. The very fact that we feel fear seems to prove that we are broken or incapable. When we are trapped in trance, being fearful and bad seem to define who we are. The anxiety in our body, the stories, the ways we make excuses, withdraw or lash out—these become to us the self that is most real.

'Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind' was born out of my own journey of self-discovery within both my personal and professional life.

The income tax is bad because it was conceived in class hatred, is an instrument of vengeance and plays right into the hands of the communists. It employs the vicious communist principle of taking from each according to his accumulation of the fruits of his labor and giving to others according to their needs, regardless of whether those needs are the result of indolence, or lack of pride, self-respect, personal dignity or other attributes of men.

I feel, am mad as any writer must in one way be; why not make it real? I am too close to the bourgeois society of suburbia: too close to people I know I must sever my self from them, or be a part of their world: this half and half compromise is intolerable.

Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.

True self-reliance does not mean reliance on one's physical strength; it means reliance on something mightier, something which is less perishable... It means trusting in the spiritual.

Collision with the Infinite: A Life Beyond the Personal Self

Self-hate is a form of mental slavery that results in poverty, ignorance, and crime.

As we open our hearts to others, we begin to discover the truth of our own inner beauty, inner strength and inner light.

Every time you encounter something that forces you to “handle it,” your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears are diminished immeasurably.

Engage, Enlighten, Encourage and especially...just be yourself! Social media is a community effort, everyone is an asset.

You have untold strengths and resources inside. You have your glorious self.

Your beliefs about reality become your beliefs about yourself.

Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.

Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength.