True Self Quotes

• Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Inspirational, Success, Being Yourself

  FaceBook post by Danielle LaPorte from Jan 23, 2012

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• Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.

  Tina Turner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Fear closes all doors to the true self, that brilliant center where the ecstasy lies.

  Kenny Werner

  Lying, Doors, Self

  Kenny Werner (1996). “Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within”, Jamey Aebersold Jazz Incorporated

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• There is a way to again be in real time with the universe,
  but it is not through force, imagination or manipulation.
  It is by finding your true Self.
  When you do, you will not need to manipulate life, it will simply flow.

  Mooji

  Life, Time, Real

  Mooji (2017). “White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji”, p.248, New Harbinger Publications

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• To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.

  Thomas Merton

  Love, Life, Wisdom

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.60, New Directions Publishing

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• You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way".

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Unique

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• The moment you understand yourself as the true Self, you find such peace and bliss that the impressions of the petty enjoyments you experienced before become as ordinary specks of light in front of the brilliant sun.

  Swami Satchidananda

  Light, Self, Ordinary

  Sri Swami Satchidananda (1984). “Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Integral Yoga Dist

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• Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Spiritual, Pain, Self

  "Abide as the Self: The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi". Documentary, January 1, 1998.

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• It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

  S. I. Hayakawa

  Finding Yourself, Littles, Chance

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• To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

  Denis Waitley

  Life, Motivational, Self Esteem

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• True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "'This Is The Buddha's Love' Melvin McLeod interviews Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Melvin McLeod, www.pbs.org. June 3, 2010.

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• Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

  Carl Jung

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Letters”

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• Although our package of skin and bones looks very convincing, it is a mask, an illusion, disguising our true self, which has no limitations.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Self, Skins

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “Journey Into Healing: Awakening the Wisdom Within You”, p.13, Random House

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• Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Confidence

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• Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Positive, Meaningful

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My true self contains every possibility.

  Deepak Chopra

  Self, Possibility

  Twitter post from Nov 5, 2014

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• Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

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• At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

  Laozi

  Life, Spiritual, Self Esteem

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• Under whatever name or form we worship It, It leads us on to knowledge of the nameless, formless Absolute. Yet, to see one's true Self in the Absolute, to subside into It and be one with
  "It, this is the true Knowledge of the Truth.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Self, Names, Worship

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• Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

  Hugh Prather

  Change, Life Changing, Live Life

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.41, Bantam

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• There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

  William James

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Failure

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• Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

  Carl Jung

  Finding Yourself, Becoming, Know Yourself

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• Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore.

  Dorothy Bryant

  Life, Finding Yourself, Gold

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• What you discover on your own is always more exciting than what someone else discovers for you - it's like the marriage between romantic love and an arranged marriage.

  Terrence Rafferty

  Knowledge, Romantic Love, Finding Yourself

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• Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

  Ralph Marston

  Success, Winning, Self

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