Quotes about Self
I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again -- as I always am when I write.
- Virginia Woolf
The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
- Victor Hugo
You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.
- Martha Graham
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
- Martin Luther
The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.
- Martin Luther
It is not our work, but God's gift, that we now hate ourselves and our sinful lusts and follow after love.
- Martin Luther
For "to love" means to hate oneself and to condemn oneself, according to Christ's saying in John 12:25: "He that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
- Martin Luther
I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.
- Martin Luther
Hence every external worship and religion is dregs, which alone are left to be drunk by those who by it exalt themselves over others.
- Martin Luther
But it is an insight of faith to know and to see that good works, self-glory, and holy life do not do it, but only God's kindness.
- Martin Luther
There's only one me, and I'm stuck with him.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
These two truths are the same in weight and importance. Accept and love WHO and WHERE you are now, and all good things shall find you there.
- Anonymous