4,826 Quotes About Self

I just don't want to be self-obsessed.

Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some kind of self-help manual. In fact, the important thing is the way the writer uses the language.

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.

Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

But the point is, now, at this moment, or any moment, we're only cross-sections of our real selves. What we really are is the whole stretch of ourselves, all our time, and when we come to the end of this life, all those selves, all our time, will be us - the real you, the real me. And then perhaps we'll find ourselves in another time, which is only another kind of dream.

There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.

There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.