Quotes about Self

Cicero famously said, you have no choice between having a philosophy and not having one, only between having a good one and having a bad one. And not to admit that you have a philosophy at all is to have a bad one. For it is one that does not know itself. So how could it know anything else, especially us?

No man who bothers about originality will ever be original; whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence about how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self.

our ego is not God. In fact, it is often wrong, because it is fallen, foolish, and faithless.

Many people talk about the mind-body connection and how what we think can affect our physical self. What I have found, even more than the mental connection, is that the emotions rule the body.

I don't really feel like I have anybody to answer to but myself and God and the people I love.

I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings…it's something we make inside ourselves.

Who do we believe in more? Ourselves or God? Our actions and decisions will reflect that.

But the Bible teaches us that our heart deceives us and is desperately wicked. At its core, our heart is all about self—not Christ. It's about what's temporary—not eternal. It's about what's easy—not what's right. It's obsessed with what we want—not what God wants.

You do what you do because of what you think of you.

In ten years, we will each look in the mirror, and someone will stare back. That person will be shaped by the thoughts of today.