Quotes about Self
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
This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?
— Khalil Gibran
Today, as it was 2,000 years ago, the Kingdom of God is within each of us. It is not within a church, a temple, a mosque or synagogue.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The universe is God. I am God so that means I am the universe.
— Oscar Wilde
That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
God is far more interested in what you are than who you are.
— Rick Warren
Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.
— Desmond Tutu
I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.
— Erwin McManus