4,826 Quotes About Self

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.

Stop in somebody's shadow to rest and cool down, and you are lost. No one can make anyone else happy.

I said your name five times too many because I was searching to see if you came when I needed you.

I only ever asked for the moment, but you seem to think I asked for more.

There is peace in the present when one's aware of how to manage what works for them and what drains them with a calm mind.

In a swamp, as in meditation, you begin to glimpse how elusive, how inherently insubstantial, how fleeting our thoughts are, our identities. There is magic in this moist world, in how the mind lets go, slips into sleepy water, circles and nuzzles the banks of palmetto and wild iris, how it seeps across dreams, smears them into the upright world, rots the wood of treasure chests, welcomes the body home.

You are not limited to this body, to this mind, or to this reality—you are a limitless ocean of Consciousness, imbued with infinite potential. You are existence itself.

Hygge relies on us finding a balance between self-containment and wholehearted participation, personal liberty and awareness of the needs of others. It connotes a caring, civilised mode of behaviour that builds companionable ease and trust.

So far we thrive for perfection, we shouldn't be sorry for our imperfection.