Self Quotes - Page 343

God be thanked for that good and perfect gift, the gift unspeakable: His life, His love, His very self in Jesus Christ.

My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.

The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death.

The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.

The Self of everyone, the Atma of everyone, the transcendental field of reality of everyone, is the same in everyone. Whether the body calls itself an American, German, Indian or Chinese, it doesn't matter.

To me, the most important thing - aside from meeting people's physical needs, whether that's education, health care, clothing, food, a roof over their heads - is changing the mind-set and educating people. And most of all, most important, is empowering people and making them self-sustaining.

The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone.

within that ageing outer shell we remain very much the same as we did in our late teens and early twenties.

Be true to yourself. Establish your own style and stick to it.

The existence of very pious feelings, in conjunction with intolerance, cruelty, and selfish policy, has never ceased to surprise and perplex those who have viewed it calmly from a distance. ... It is impossible to exaggerate the evil work theology has done in the world. What destruction of the beautiful monuments of past ages, what waste of life, what disturbance of domestic and social happiness, what perverted feelings, what blighted hearts, have always marked its baneful progress!

The philosophical I is not the human being, not the human body or the human soul with the psychological properties, but the metaphysical subject, the boundary (not a part) of the world.

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.

We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement.

Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life.

The selfie era offers a big opening: everybody can do it; nowadays even five-year-olds know how to take a nude self-portrait.

We are each responsible for all of our experiences.

Love is never outside ourselves; love is within us.

Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.

It's a hell of a thing to be born, and if you're born you're at least entitled to your own self.

We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. Theres a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.

Turn off any self-talk that tells you that you are destined to live a small life. You're not.