Quotes about Self

I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

Though she never moved, she was more alive than I. In the light of her beauty and strength, I realized what I had lost. Because of fear, I had forfeited strength, life, and beauty. I had lost a sense of my true self, and with that loss so much of what God wanted for me was yet unrealized.

All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

You are made in the image of what you desire.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.

Once you believe in yourself and see your soul as divine and precious, you'll automatically be converted to a being who can create miracles.

From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one -- to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.

Your physical self is inspired by a divine force that beats its heart, digests its food and grows its fingernails, and this same force is receptive to endlessly abundant health.

We are what we pretend to be.