Quotes about Self

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.

You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.

I have been freed, not from God's rule, but from my bondage to me.

You know,' he went on, 'novels are the fruit of the human illusion that we can understand our fellow man. But what do we know about each other?' 'Nothing,' said Bibi. 'True,' said Joujou. The professor of philosophy acquiesced with a nod of the head. 'The only thing we can do,' said Banaka, 'is to give an account of our own selves. Anything else is an abuse of power. Anything else is a lie.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?

When we seek our own pleasure as the ultimate good we place ourselves as the center of the universe. A fara or a man or a star has his place in the universe, but nothing created is the center.

There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.

Men who refuse to worship the true God now worship themselves with tender devotion.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.