4,826 Quotes About Self

But you can live in the most democratic country on earth, and if you're lazy, obtuse or servile within yourself, you're not free.

We are, at least in part, who we remember ourselves to be. Take away our memories, and you take away our selves.

Inevitably, though, there will always be a significant part of the past which can neither be burnt nor banished to the soothing limbo of forgetfulness— myself. I was and still am that same ship which carried me to the new shore, the same vessel containing all the memories and dreams of the child in the brick house with the toy tea set. I am the shore I left behind as well as the home I return to every evening. The voyage cannot proceed without me.

As long as you were comfortable with yourself and believed in yourself, then you could just throw out all that nonsense of worrying about your status and "success" and other people's opinions.

It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title.

You had once asked me if I was afraid of death. I said I was afraid of not living. I don’t want to eke out my life like a resource in short supply. The only selfish life is a timid one. To hold back, to withdraw, to keep the best in reserve, both overvalues the self, and undervalues what the self is.

He liked to get off by himself, a mile or so from camp, and listen to the country, not the men.

If we become aware that someone is sending thoughts of ill will in our direction, we do not argue with the apparent reality of malice. To do so would give it more substance. We remove the personal sense of ourself and the other person.

Standing at the edge of my fearsAnd contemplating themIs a healthy exercise.The extent of the boundaries Of who I believe myself to be.What is in question as I stand Safely at the border of myselfAnd think of leapingOr continuing on?What happens when I walkTo the extent of "I"And then keep walking?Who am I then?