2,872 Quotes About Self-awareness

Belief in God, messiah or some spiritual con-artist is optional, but belief in the self is imperative.

Even though I must approve my identification as a scientist and philosopher for the convenience of the people, in reality, I am nameless, formless and timeless.

God doesn't need me to believe in Him. Believing in myself satisfies him just as much.

We think that we are afraid of the things we might fail at. But that's not true. Look at the heart of your fears: you're afraid of your brilliant Light. You're afraid of the possibility of never falling. What if you outshine the Sun? What if you stand atop these mountains? We are afraid of the heights that our spirits know, belong to us. You're afraid of being more, of being much. That is what you are really afraid of.

Self-observation is the highest faculty of an advanced species - a species of conscience and character.

All improvement is self-improvement.⁣⁣

When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement.

If I don't fight with my fear, nobody will.

You are not a half of people you are envying. The art of owning is just the art of self-gifting, and you only give yourself what you think about.