Quotes about Self

Being myself is what got me to where I am.

In the hands of the ego, marriage is a prison. It is exclusive. It is a place where people are constantly reminded of their failures and limited by the energies of another person. It is rife with judgment and blame.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.

What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears, etcetera, some of which come from my ancestors, and some from my education, some perhaps from devils. The self you were really intended to be is something that lives not from nature but from God.

All our own present experiences are primordial. What could be more primordial than experience itself?

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is an illusion.— BRENNAN MANNING

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.

But if I'm not the same, the next question is, 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

I don't like belonging to another person's dream