Quotes about Self

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.

But if I'm not the same, the next question is, 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

I don't like belonging to another person's dream

I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

Though she never moved, she was more alive than I. In the light of her beauty and strength, I realized what I had lost. Because of fear, I had forfeited strength, life, and beauty. I had lost a sense of my true self, and with that loss so much of what God wanted for me was yet unrealized.

All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

You are made in the image of what you desire.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.