852 Quotes About Self-discovery

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

There is only oneself which perceives itself as differentiated so not to be by itself; the purpose of self is love. Love is the eigenstate.

I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential.

She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.

Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you...

The need to prove who you are will vanish once you know who you are.

We stay busy so we don't have to admit we don't have all the answers. After long enough with our constant distractions, we end our search for them. And God. Soon enough, we'll all come to realize we can't be God. We'll settle for telling ourselves we can. Or we'll just make one up.

self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

Devote yourself to reading, learning and writing.