Quotes about Self

Falling in love is something that happens to us, being is love is something we do. No passion is self preservatory.

Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.

Love is never outside ourselves; love is within us.

You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.

The key to a successful career is realizing that it's not separate from the rest of your life, but is rather an extension of your most basic self. And your most basic self is love.

To love others you must first love yourself.

When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.

Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness and remember your strength.

If there is anything good about exile, it is that it teaches one humility. It accelerates one's drift into isolation, an absolute perspective. Into the condition at which all one is left with is oneself and one's language, with nobody or nothing in between. Exile brings you overnight where it would normally take a lifetime to go.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.