4,826 Quotes About Self

Belief…is the insistence that the truth is what one would ‘lief’ or (will or) wish to be…Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith let’s go…faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deceptio

I'm the kind of woman that likes to enjoy herselves in peace.

Abortion is an act of self-defense.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me.

Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to.

Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.

Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals.

You can't talk about truth without talking about learning how to die because it's precisely by learning how to die, examining yourself and transforming your old self into a better self, that you actually live more intensely and critically and abundantly.