True Self Quotes - Page 7

• An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it.

  Roger Ebert

  Philosophy, Book, Thinking

  Roger Ebert (2000). “I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie”, p.207, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Nothing Exposes our true self more than how we treat each other in the home.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Home, Self, Treats

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• So, Eva Nine, you must sometimes disregard what someone is saying and focus instead on what they are doing. Watch and observe. That is when one reveals his true self.

  Tony DiTerlizzi

  Self, Focus, Watches

  Tony DiTerlizzi (2012). “A Hero for WondLa”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• And he began to see the truth, that Ged had neither lost nor won but, naming the shadow of his death with his own name, had made himself whole: a man who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life's sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Pain, Dark, Men

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “A Wizard of Earthsea”, p.214, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• How much of my true self I camouflage and choke in order to commend myself to him, denying the fullness of me. How often have I paraded sweetness and interest when I felt otherwise; pretended to take careful leave of him on many an occasion when I would rather have walked right out. How I've toned myself down, diluted myself to maintain his approval.

  Sylvia Ashton-Warner

  Self, Order, Camouflage

  Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1967). “Myself”, Harvill Secker

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• The free expression of resentment against one's parents represents a great opportunity. It provides access to one's true self, reactivates numbed feelings, opens the way for mourning and - with luck - reconciliation.

  Alice Miller

  Family, Opportunity, Self

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• I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.

  Ayumi Hamasaki

  Lying, Self, Firsts

  Cawaii Interview, December 2007.

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• The best service to mankind is to become immersed in one's True Self.

  Asaram

  Self, Mankind, Best Service

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• Acceptance is approval, a word with a bad name in some psychologies. Yet it is perfectly normal to seek approval in childhood and throughout life. We require approval from those we respect. The kinship it creates lifts us to their level, a process referred to in self-psychology as transmuting internalization. Approval is a necessary component of self-esteem. It becomes a problem only when we give up our true self to find it. Then approval-seeking works against us.

  David Richo

  Giving Up, Self Esteem, Acceptance

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• imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.

  Gloria Steinem

  Believe, Self, Creating

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem”, p.190, Open Road Media

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• Modern culture is in so much trouble, where people don't have a deep inner life, or any deep experience of their true self in God, who they were before anyone said anything about them, before they received their first medal or ego identification. That`s why suffering is so important, because suffering is when those little rewards are taken away from you.

  Richard Rohr

  Taken, Self, People

  Source: ryanthomasneace.com

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• Only by glaring into the depths of ones own reflection can we find our true selves. It is here where the mirrored voices of our souls speak and can be heard.

  Paul Morabito

  Reflection, Self, Voice

  Paul Morabito, Roberto Martinez, Regis McCafferty, Carolyn O'Connell, Frederick Espiritu (2015). “Mirrored Voices: Best New Poets”, CreateSpace

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• Being present. The mind is like a butterfly that flits from one flower to the next. Seldom do we find ourselves nestled in the excuisite and eternal ocean of here and now. When you are, you can connect with your true self that is beyond the chattering of your mind. When you take the effort to focus your drifting consciousness to become fully awake to the present moment, you will discover the glorious light that dwells within you.

  Denise Linn

  Ocean, Flower, Butterfly

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• I believe one of our souls' major purposes is to know, love, and express our authentic selves. To live the life and be the person we were created to be. However, our true selves only emerge when it's safe to do so. Self-condemnation, shame, and guilt send your true nature into hiding. It's only in the safety of gentle curiosity, encouragement, and self-love that your soul can bloom as it was created to do.

  Sue Thoele

  Encouragement, Believe, Live Life

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• Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly part of the reason we flee silence. We do not want to be confronted with our hypocrisy, our phoniness. We see how false and fragile is the false self we project. We have to go through this painful experience to come to our true self.

  Basil Pennington

  Beautiful, Self, Painful Experiences

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• You are the best friend you will ever have. In the presence of your true self you will become the most peaceful, the most relaxed, the most natural person possible.

  Bartholomaus

  Self, Peaceful, Awareness

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• Demons frighten us because we set ourselves up to be frightened. We are overly attached to our reputations and possessions. When we love and desire what we should be rejecting, we are in conflict with our true selves. That's when the negative energies catch us and use our weapons against us. Instead of taking up what we have to defend ourselves, we put our swords in the hands of our enemies and make them attack us.

  Teresa Giudice

  Attachment, Self, Hands

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• Choosing succulence is a deliberate act of personal revolution. It means waking up! Embracing your true self, studying your patterns, and letting out your most alive self. We all have one.

  Sark

  Mean, Self, Wake Up

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• The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.

  Julia Cameron

  Inspirational, Creativity, Acceptance

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.227, Penguin

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• The true self is not aware that it is a self. A bird, as it sings, sings itself. But not according to a picture. It has no idea of itself.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Self, Ideas, Bird

  D. H. Lawrence, N. H. Reeve, John Worthen (2005). “Introductions and Reviews”, p.336, Cambridge University Press

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• The secret to peace-of-mind is to not identify with anything other than your true self.

  Robert Adams

  Spiritual, Self, Mind

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• The true self is always in motion like music, a river of life, changing, moving, failing, suffering, learning, shining.

  Brenda Ueland

  Life Changing, Moving, Self

  Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• When we awaken to the beauty of nature, the doors to our true self are opened up wide, for divine healing on all levels.

  Robyn

  Healing, Doors, Self

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• When we get to the point where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live in fear that he'll be shunned by teammates or outed by tabloids, when we get to the point where he plays while his significant other waits in the family room, when we get to the point where he's not compelled to hide his true self and is able to live an authentic life, then coming out won't be such a big deal. But we're not there yet.

  Jason Collins

  Athlete, Gay, Self

  "Parting shot: Jason Collins announces NBA retirement in his own words" by Jason Collins, www.si.com. November 19, 2014.

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• Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this.

  Dogen

  Self, Practice, Excellence

  "Things Overheard at the Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma". Book by Dogen translated by Reiho Masunaga, June 1975.

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