4,826 Quotes About Self

Society mainly uses the concept of self to make the individual less unpredictable.

Kto zna Pełnię będąc pozbawionym siebie, cierpi z braku Pełni. Gdy pozwolicie powstać tamtemu, co jest w was, wtedy to, co macie, uratuje was. Jeślì nie istnieje tamto, co jest w was, wtedy to, czego nie macie w sobie, uśmierci was. Kto znalazł siebie samego, tego świat nie jest wart.

I sometimes stood for long momentslistening to some bird telling me of the strangeness of myself

Society mainly uses the concept of self to chain man’s thoughts and behaviour to a pole called ‘I’.

To be human is often an endless tangle of invisible forces and confounding paradoxes, of being many things all at the same time.

People often make faces, in private, in front of bathroom mirrors, to convince themselves of their own attractiveness. The ‘lively belief that an unseen audience is present,’ Goffman writes, can have a significant effect.

It is the mind, not the self, that feels (sad, happy, angry, etc.).

Jack's instinct to protect himself might have been the most alien thing I'd ever encountered. I'd never had a wound - emotional or physical - that I didn't probe repeatedly.

Trust yourself, no other formula works better.