4,826 Quotes About Self

Embracing change can be daunting, but it is our willingness to do better that makes it worthwhile.

Silence, it appears, is not the opposite of sound. It is another world altogether, literally offering a deeper level of thought, a journey to the bedrock of the self.

The majority of men could sooner be brought to believe themselves a piece of lava in the moon than to take themselves for a self.

The Alchemical world view, in stark contrast to the scientific world view, where rational deterministic man is completely separated from both Nature and the Self, in fact the Self does not even exist. In the alchemical world view, all three are inextricably woven together and in "synchronistic" or "archetypal" events & occurrences in one's life, all distinctions between them blur and almost disappear.

Self-questioning – an effort to get in touch with our essential self – is an endless stream of thought.

Preachers love only their own voices.

Give yourself a break. When you are alone with your thoughts you should not be arguing.

The walls of hell are coated with arrogance, and the floor is covered with pride.

Elle se lève. Elle se regarde dans un miroir et ne voit que des cercles : son visage en forme de cercle, sa tête en cercle, la Lune, la Terre et le Soleil en cercle. Elle est un cercle dans un cercle dans un cercle, et tout tourne. Elle se recouche et elle s'endort.