Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms. – Khalil Gibran
Science, literature, and common sense tell us that the self is a fickle thing, subject to revision in real time, and that the chasm that exists between any two people exists inside each and every one of us. – Jesse Kellerman
When you follow your heart’s calling, you wind up becoming your most powerful self. You don’t need to take power from others if you can tap into your own inner power. – Karen Salmansohn
I don’t decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory. – Mahmoud Darwish
If you don’t know your worth, if you don’t know your value, if you don’t know how fantabulous you are – it’s going to be hard for other people to see it. Being appreciative of self is beauty to me. – Kelly Rowland
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you’ve survived a deep tragedy. – Kelsey Grammer
Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It’s so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving. – Jan Brett
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn’t construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn’t revolutionize the automobile industry that way. – Milton Friedman
The Self of everyone, the Atma of everyone, the transcendental field of reality of everyone, is the same in everyone. Whether the body calls itself an American, German, Indian or Chinese, it doesn’t matter. – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. There’s a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy. – Lorraine Toussaint
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. – Michelangelo
We’re in a period of revolutionary change. I’m optimistic. One’s self changes, and then the world changes. It’s going to begin internally, not externally. – Laura Esquivel
It’s the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world. – Keanu Reeves
Given the opportunity, under the right conditions, two cells from wildly different sources, a yeast cell, say, and a chicken erythrocyte, will touch, fuse, and the two nuclei will then fuse as well, and the new hybrid cell will now divide into monstrous progeny. Naked cells, lacking self-respect, do not seem to have any sense of self. – Lewis Thomas
I’m very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it’s more – I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really – it was kind of my calling card as a kid. – Katey Sagal
Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength. – Joseph Barber Lightfoot
If you only share your best pictures, or your Facetuned self, the thought of people seeing you as you truly are can be scary. – Kaia Gerber
Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self. – Michel de Montaigne
In a world where a lot of people’s sense of self is dominated by how many people are following their Twitter feed, what does fame really do, and why is it important? – John Carroll Lynch
When it is working, you completely go into another place, you’re tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self. That’s what it’s all about. – Keith Haring
When at the CIA, I was fond of saying that many jihadis join the movement for the same reasons that young Americans join the Crips and the Bloods: youthful alienation, the need to belong to something greater than self, the search for meaningful identity. But it also matters what gang you join. – Michael Hayden
I suffered from self hatred so much. It’s like I didn’t want to look like that any more. I didn’t to feel like that any more. It had to be another way. – Mary J. Blige
People forget who they are; they always remain with an identity which is not the real self. It is just a projected self which does not exist, but they identify with this projected self appearance. – Lobsang Tenzin
The ‘self-image’ is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior. – Maxwell Maltz
Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self. – Jayne Anne Phillips
