Quotes about Self

After all, what is an individual?

I, real I? But where, but how, but at what price?

Turning to God without turning from self' - the formula is absurdly simple; and yet, simple as it is, it explains all the follies and iniquities committed in the name of religion.

The wound is mortal and is mine.

This suffocating interior of a dime-store shop was my own personal self; these gimcrack mobiles of tin and plastic were my personal contributions to the universe....What it had allowed me to perceive inside was not the Dharma-Body, in images, but my own mind; not Suchness, but a set of symbols - in other words, a homemade substitute for Suchness.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

Don't show your flaws.

I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.

You can be whoever you choose to become in the future, just do it. Just see it and visualize it and every day of your life project that about yourself.

For most of my life, I've felt that there must be more to our existence than meets the eye. This is who I am, and you can't expect me to be someone I'm not.

The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It's time to change. It's time to live life at a new level.