Quotes about Self-awareness

But this is all about how very difficult it is at times for people to see who or what they are looking at, particularly when they don't want to.

Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.

A man's spirit is his self. That entity which is his consciousness. To think, to feel, to judge, to act are functions of the ego.

It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.

I have the power to choose my response.

...The most important thing, I think. You can't run from your past. You have to take it for what it is and realize that it's part of you.

If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.

I am worth loving. I do not have to earn love. I am lovable because I exist. Others reflect the love I have for myself.

The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.

A man goes to the village to visit the wise man and he says to the wise man, "I feel like there are two dogs inside me. One dog is this positive, loving, kind, and gentle dog and then I have this angry, mean-spirited, and negative dog and they fight all the time. I don't know which is going to win." The wise man thinks for a moment and he says, "I know which is going to win. The one you feed the most, so feed the positive dog.

The problem is that you are taking it too personal. Step back for a moment. Don't focus on these people personally. Forget they even have names. Don't think of it as you versus them. Just realize that they represent the negativity that will always be around you. The important thing is to know how to deal with the negativity and what to do with it.