4,826 Quotes About Self

[Man] has transformed himself into a thing.

I don't know which idea threatens me more - to appear part of society or spending a lifetime trying to please it.

All is one and the purpose of one is love.

In a sense, the self is more or less an invention from beginning to end. What is more unreal, what is more a creation than the self? Why do we have such a heavy investment in knowing what is true and what isn’t true about people’s lives? Why is it even valid to make a distinction between autobiography, auto-fiction and fiction itself? What fiction doesn’t contain a deep reflection of the author’s perspective and memory and sense of the world?- From an Interview with The Guardian, August 2017

If a person lacks an imagined goal, or if he forgets it or pretends to forget it, his thoughts will perpetually revolve around his ‘ego’.

Everything about my experience was new and intense, but the new, intense things were somewhere far away. Or, rather, I felt as though a thick partition had formed between last night and today, marking a sharp distinction between the two. If the mere appearance and disappearance of the sun is going to disrupt the continuity of my heart this way, then I become strangely unsure of who I am myself. Life is like a dream.

You can say that before the Absolute all are equal, but there are not two, but one person, who is you.

In your true nature, you are no thing. So, you can be anything you choose to be.

Self appears as many but all the many are Self. Self appears as many not to be by itself. Self appears as many for Companionship. Self appears as many for Friendship. Self appears as many to Love and be Loved in endless return.