Quotes about Self

What does a mirror look at?

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe.

Ve?ina ljudi nije dovoljno jaka za pronalaženje slobode u sebi.

Paul heard his mother's grief and felt the emptiness within himself. I have no grief , he thought. Why? Why? He felt the inability to grieve as a terrible flaw.

The flesh surrenders itself, he thought. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not . . . yet, I occurred.

Humans live best when each has his own place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person. You and I, Thufir, of all those who love the Duke, are most ideally situated to destroy the other's place.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

I tried not to focus on the fact that I'm playing Venus Williams and tried to focus on myself. To show that I'm Sofia Kenin is obviously the cherry on top.

Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?

The only theatre I do is my own. Somehow, my life is the only life that I can play.

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.