4,826 Quotes About Self

We don't always get to decide what others see when they sum us up or reduce us to a caricature of the rich and various selves we think we have fashioned.

We often wish to destroy what we’re scared of, but by doing so, we destroy ourselves.

People choose what they deserve. There’s no point convincing people to choose better when they want trash and beg for it.

For, if we’re really going to give ourselves the best of ourselves, we have to be honest with the worst of ourselves.

I can think, I can wait, I can fast.

If God had been like a toad, you could have rid the globe of toads, but when God was like yourself, it was no good being content with stone figures — you had to kill yourself among the graves.

Most of our problems would be gone if we stopped saying three, little words. What about me?

I will either die at the hands of myself or live in the hands of God.

Possiamo comprenderci l’un l’altro, ma ognuno può interpretare soltanto se stesso.