2,111 Quotes About Self-realization

… ‘doing what you are good at will only make you good; focusing on what you can, potentially, do better than best of the rest, is the only path to greatness’…

People didn't stick because I was made of fucking Teflon. I'd always told myself that it was better that way, that being alone was easier. That I wasn't a coward for easing my way out of friendships before they could really start.

I remember seeing a bumper sticker that said, “I believe in life before death.” To me this means that we don’t have to imagine a future paradise. Paradise can happen right here, right now, while we’re in this human incarnation. The choice is ours.

Trust me, I know how it stings when someone tells you the truth about yourself. It’s like catching a glimpse of your reflection in a looking glass when you’re not prepared. Intolerable. I was furious when I read your pamphlet—­but only because I knew it was the truth. I’d known it for some time. The reality set in somewhere around the Tropic of Capricorn. When I left you behind at Greenwillow Hall . . . I’d missed out.

The purpose of life is Love wanting to experience life. This is who you are. This is who we are. We are Love experiencing life. Existence is One. This One is Love. Love is who we are.

I had spent too much energy and time hating and being intolerant of the choices others had made.

It's not about what you were made to be, or what you should be, it's about who you want to be. Don't let someone else define who you are.

Pretending is useless when you know the deep truth behind your pretensions.

No one is miserable as the person who tries to be someone else other than himself