4,826 Quotes About Self

When you’re present in the moment with total awareness, you become finely tuned to anything that feels out ofstep or not in alignment with who you are. And when westep out of Mindfulness, we can immediately feel that we are not fully aware, or connected to ourselves completely.

The real world outside the Matrix isn’t the world you’ve perceived so far. In the real world, you hear real voices and can release your potential and change the world as you like. That’s what true rich people have done. To them, every day is a festival they live as their true selves.

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

Every action is a performance.

Both voice and self are established in early childhood. People who have not been given a voice then, have the lifelong need to be heard. The self goes under construction with unexpectedly large cost overruns in order to acquire a sense of value and importance.

The quality of your life is the quality of your communication.

Life is paradoxical, but it is enough for me. Ridiculous conflicts and inconsistencies admittedly congeal into what I term the self. Personal growth commences by honing in on the troubling personal issues. I am my only enemy. A radiant soul strives for self-enrichment by passionately pursuing the serious tasks and delights of living including expressing empathy for other people. I will explore the world and attempt to eliminate the perversions of my own egocentric being.

It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.

One of the odd things about being himself ... was that there seemed to be several of him, that he wasn't just one person but a collection of contradictory selves, and each time he was with a different person, he himself was different as well.