Quotes about Self

True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self.

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.

If there is anything good about exile, it is that it teaches one humility. It accelerates one's drift into isolation, an absolute perspective. Into the condition at which all one is left with is oneself and one's language, with nobody or nothing in between. Exile brings you overnight where it would normally take a lifetime to go.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

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

The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us.

I myself am made up of so many people.

Self is the soul minus God.

The kingdom of self is heavily defended territory.

It is wicked to tell a person a lie about God because, if we come to believe the wrong things about God, we will think the wrong things about ourselves, and we will live meanly or badly.

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.

What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?