4,826 Quotes About Self

We do not see the world through a window, but through a mirror. Everything we discern is comparatively held to the vision with which we see ourselves.

...we fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves...

...people demonize certain types of crime - it's a way of distancing ourselves from the monsters...

I’ll be honest with you. I’m a little bit of a loner. It’s been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what’s going on with me.

The fact that people are in positions does not justify the means that they are leaders. A leader can be blind and to know this, check his sense of vision.

The harsh reality is that my flesh must die not so much because of what it does, but because of what it is.

The self may be extinguished, but there are many selves and the Will creates them.

I know many people who believe in God, and I expected to find Him on my way to the South Pole if he exists. My religious experiences were very different however, [only] involving myself, nature and the universe.

I do know the sorrow of being ordinary, and that much of our life is spent doing the crazy mental arithmetic of how, at any given moment, we might improve, or at least disguise or present our defects and screw-ups in either more charming or more intimidating ways.