Quotes about Self
The full acting out of the self's surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will to obey, in the absence, or in the teeth, of inclination.
— CS Lewis
If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.
— Mother Teresa
It is the normal state of the human heart to try to build its identity around something besides God.
— Soren Kierkegaard
We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.
— Thomas Merton
If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
— Timothy Keller
An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children.
— AW Tozer
When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God.
— Alan Redpath
The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
— Thomas a Kempis
What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.
— Thomas a Kempis
In all unbelief there are these two things: a good opinion of one's self, and a bad opinion of God.
— Horatius Bonar
When we don't forgive, we're not hurting the other person. We're not hurting the company that did us wrong. We're not hurting God. We're only hurting ourselves.
— Joel Osteen
If you subscribe to the notion of God as being separate from you, than you will always be lost, because you can't even trust in your own untrustworthiness.
— Wayne Dyer