4,826 Quotes About Self

Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption.

Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.

True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.

Not even self-love can always be counted on for support.

Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment.

My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.

Self-pity makes people callous.

Self-reform is the only kind that works.

It’s lucky no one else knows what our most secret thoughts are. We’d all be seen for the cunning, self-aggrandizing fools we are.