Quotes about Self
God demands nothing less than self - surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having.
— Mahatma Gandhi
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
— John Calvin
Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.
— AW Tozer
The more highly we think of ourselves-our abilities and talents-the less God can use us.
— AW Tozer
God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self.
— Thomas Merton
It's pride, plain and simple, that keeps me from giving God all the glory and keeping some of it for myself. It is a battle we all fight in some form or another, some of us daily or even hourly.
— Francis Chan
God knows what lives in me in place of me.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really destructive because it teaches people to deny their hearts, their true selves.
— Rob Bell
We can never know who or what we are till we know at least something of what God is.
— AW Tozer
While we are looking at God we do not see ourselves - blessed riddance.
— AW Tozer
I think a toxic message in a lot of Christianity has been that the self has to be annihilated in order for God to be found. I think that has been a toxic message.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Shraddha means self-confidence and self-confidence means faith in God.
— Mahatma Gandhi