Sense Of Self Quotes - Page 10

• We perceive the solidification as the world around us, which appears to be relatively solid. But that solidification is just really a reflection of the solidification of one's sense of self.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Reflection, Self

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• If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind. In Zen mind there is no sense of self in the play.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sports, Health, Buddhism

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• If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

  Brenda Shoshanna

  Eye, Self, Lost

  Brenda Shoshanna (2004). “Zen and the Art of Falling in Love”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was starting out, I would get printouts of what was being written about me that week. At first it was all good things, and then it started to turn. I very quickly learned, "This isn't good, this isn't helping me." But it was a very important exercise for me in terms of really understanding that one's sense of self is internal. I have had an extreme opportunity to learn that lesson, and I think it's been such a blessed fortune.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Blessed, Exercise, Opportunity

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can’t stop thinking about another human being.

  Helen Fisher

  Motivation, Inspiration, Romantic Love

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• Today, when so much seems to conspire to reduce life and feeling to the most deprived and demeaning bottom line, it is more important than ever that we receive that extra dimension of dignity or delight and the elevated sense of self that the art of building can provide through the nature of the places where we live and work. What counts more than style is whether architecture improves our experience of the built world; whether it makes us wonder why we never noticed places in quite this way before.

  Ada Louise Huxtable

  Art, Self, Feelings

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• Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.

  Lexa Doig

  Men, Self, Style

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• At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.

  Doug Scott

  Climbing, Self, Ordinary

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• Boundaries are the lines we draw that mark off our autonomy and that of other people, that protect our privacy and that of others. Boundaries allow for intimate connection without dissolving or losing one's sense of self.

  Amy Bloom

  Self, People, Lines

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• To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life.

  Gretchen Wilson

  Redneck, Self, Way

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• Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Self, Plot, Purpose

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• THE MALE JOURNEY t some point in time, a man needs to embark on a risky -journey. It's a necessary adventure that takes him into uncertainty, and it almost always involves some form of difficulty or failure. On this journey the man learns to trust God more than he trusts a sense of right and wrong or his own sense of self-worth.

  Richard Rohr

  Adventure, Self Worth, Journey

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• Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect.

  Cressida Cowell

  Self, Healthy, Remember

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• Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring with you the moment you come into a room, that can't be manipulated or shaken. Without that sense of self, no amount of paper, no pedigree, and no credentials can make you legit. No matter what, you have to feel legit inside first.

  Chris Gardner

  Self, Degrees, Looks

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• If the ego is not regularly and repeatedly dissolved in the unbounded hyperspace of the Transcendent Other, there will always be slow drift away from the sense of self as part of nature’s larger whole. The ultimate consequence of this drift is the fatal ennui that now permeates Western Civilization.

  Terence McKenna

  Self, Civilization, Ego

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• Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives.

  Dan Millman

  Self Worth, Joy, Important

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• This one question-'What do I know for certain?'-is tremendously powerful. When you look deeply into this question, it actually destroys your world. It destroys your whole sense of self, and it's meant to. You come to see that everything you think you know about yourself, everything you think you know about the world, is based on assumptions, beliefs, and opinions-things that you believe because you were taught or told they were true. Until we start to see these false perceptions for what they really are, consciousness will be imprisoned within the dream state.

  Adyashanti

  Inspiring, Dream, Powerful

  Adyashanti (2010). “The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment”, p.16, Sounds True

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• Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

  Amy Chua

  School, Kids, Self

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• Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

  William J. Clinton

  Independent, Self Worth, People

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• Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Thinking, Self, People

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• The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.

  Audre Lorde

  Self, Erotic, Feelings

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.54, Crossing Press

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• We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a complete sense of our own existence, yet we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder.

  Antonio Damasio

  Morning, Sleep, Self

  "The quest to understand the consciousness". TED Talks, www.ted.com. March, 2011.

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• We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn't define us, it has no center.

  Adyashanti

  Self, Ideas, Who We Are

  Adyashanti (2009). “The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Encouraging, Art, Drama

  "Michael Morpurgo: We are failing too many boys in the enjoyment of reading" by Teacher's blog Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2012.

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• When someone is unrelentingly critical of you, always finds fault, can never be pleased, and blames you for everything that goes wrong, it is the insidious nature and cumulative effects of the abuse that do the damage. Over time, this type of abuse eats away at your self-confidence and sense of self-worth, undermining any good feelings you have about yourself and about your accomplishments .

  Beverly Engel

  Self Confidence, Self Worth, Accomplishment

  Beverly Engel (2002). “The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

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