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"The symbols of the self arise in the depths of the body, and they express its materiality every bit as much as the perceiving consciousness. The symbol is thus a living body"
"Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love."
"self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue."
"Oh blind! Oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity which spurs us so in the short mortal life and steeps us so through all eternity!"
"What is best for people is what they do for themselves."
"Self-denial is a monkish virtue."
"Choice is the key, because human beings are the only creatures who can choose to evolve, who can shape their destiny. Furthermore, we have been given the gift of "self-awareness," which allows us to step back into our true selves to observe and use our brains to create the world we wish to live in."
"Don't regret the past or fear the future. Both bring misery through self-doubt."
"On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you. Evolution is win-win…life is self-correcting."
"Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and the one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation and despair."
"Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will."
"Real happiness comes from having an unassailable connection to the deep state of unbounded awareness at our core. This state of being is our own inner joy that expresses the exuberance and wonder of being alive at this moment; it is our own self-luminous essence made conscious of itself."
"The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life."
"self-interest usually brings injustice with it."
"Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead."
"Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance."
"The favor of God does not bless self-promotion"
"For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and to summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping through my fingers."
"It's not enough merely to exist. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to relize his own true worth."
"The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening."
