2,872 Quotes About Self-awareness

Marriage is a form of prison, choose it wisely. A person for the most part never changes, the heart sees only what it wants to see. At times it is better to appear as nothing, see nothing, hear nothing, speak nothing to protect what matters most.

I love me more than we, but I can still make room for we if it is going to help me be more of me.

I admit it. I'm a bully.I mistreat, ridicule, shame, blame, silencecriticize, embarrass, belittle and beat upmyself on a daily basis. I swear, the only person I have a hard time standing up to...is me.

...and after discarding the emptiness of the Big Congested Mess, we discover the fullness of Nothing.

The best path is to have no path.

Always maintain a healthy distance between the self and your aggression. Observe the rise and fall of your aggression in any situation but never let it overwhelm you, because when aggression overwhelms the self, the self becomes aggression and acts quite similar to a wild beast driven by a fight or flight response.

In any broken place there rests tangible evidence of those who came before us and in touching what they left, we can for a time touch them.

It feels great to share life.

Involve children in their own upbringing, instead of dictating to them ‘who’ and ‘what’ they should be. Be a good role model. Teach them well. Allow them to be true to who they are and encourage them to be their ‘authentic self.’” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD