Ourselves Quotes

“Happiness was never important. The problem is that we don't know what we really want. What makes us happy is not to get what we want. But to dream about it. Happiness is for opportunists. So I think that the only life of deep satisfaction is a life of eternal struggle, especially struggle with oneself. If you want to remain happy, just remain stupid. Authentic masters are never happy; happiness is a category of slaves.”
― Slavoj Žižek

“a lot of times
we are angry at other people
for not doing what
we should have done for ourselves

- responsibility”
― Rupi Kaur, The sun and her flowers

“My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves" -Socrates”
― Socrates

“Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain

“When we allow ourselves to show some patience and take time to listen to the others, we may learn a lot about ourselves. Patience does not endure instant gratification, though, and self-knowledge may take a lifetime. (“I am on my own side, but I can listen “ )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Why did I sign up for this?'

'Because we grow by challenging ourselves.”
― Beth Fantaskey, Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

“We reveal most about ourselves when we speak about others.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Sometimes we want to believe something so badly that we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of.”
― Aaron B. Powell, Doomsday Diaries III: Luke the Protector

“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
(1778 - 1830)”
― William Hazlitt

“None of us know how to fix ourselves, at least not entirely, not well enough.”
― Catherine Lacey, Nobody Is Ever Missing

“More people’s lives have been shaped by violence than we like to think. And more people’s lives have been shaped by silence than we think.”
― Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake

“We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

“The two of us in that room. No past, no future. All intense deep that-time-only. A feeling that everything must end, the music, ourselves, the moon, everything. That if you get to the heart of things you find sadness for ever and ever, everywhere; but a beautiful silver sadness, like a Christ face.”
― John Fowles, The Collector

“How can man know himself? It is a dark, mysterious business: if a hare has seven skins, a man may skin himself seventy times seven times without being able to say, “Now that is truly you; that is no longer your outside.” It is also an agonizing, hazardous undertaking thus to dig into oneself, to climb down toughly and directly into the tunnels of one’s being. How easy it is thereby to give oneself such injuries as no doctor can heal. Moreover, why should it even be necessary given that everything bears witness to our being — our friendships and animosities, our glances and handshakes, our memories and all that we forget, our books as well as our pens. For the most important inquiry, however, there is a method. Let the young soul survey its own life with a view of the following question: “What have you truly loved thus far? What has ever uplifted your soul, what has dominated and delighted it at the same time?” Assemble these revered objects in a row before you and perhaps they will reveal a law by their nature and their order: the fundamental law of your very self. Compare these objects, see how they complement, enlarge, outdo, transfigure one another; how they form a ladder on whose steps you have been climbing up to yourself so far; for your true self does not lie buried deep within you, but rather rises immeasurably high above you, or at least above what you commonly take to be your I.”
― NIETZSCHE FRIEDRICH WILHELM

“Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape

“If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

“Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.”
― C.S. Lewis.

“We are, at least in part, who we remember ourselves to be. Take away our memories, and you take away our selves.”
― Beth Revis, The Body Electric

“Living in this world, the person we are most unfamiliar with is probably ourselves.”
― Yixing Zhang, 而立·24

“...we're only ever our true selves when we think we are alone.”
― John Marrs, Keep It in the Family

“Real geniuses would like that what we think of ourselves is true.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

“I'll just quote myself for now; actually, I'll quote what a good friend of mine, David Jenkins responded to a post I made when I was feeling 'pissy.'

"Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves." ~ David Jenkins, 2013”
― David Jenkins

“We must look within ourselves in order to look beyond ourselves.”
― Anna Moore Bradfield

“If we believe that the rational for betraying God could ever justify the betrayal itself, we have shown that we possess the ability to betray anything, including ourselves.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Is Hell really scary? Are you afraid of your God?

Your answer can be anything, but please calm your mind for a few minutes and think about this

What would be scarier than being accountable to yourself?
And you are the only observer, the only witness, the only plaintiff, the only defendant, the only defense lawyer, the only jury and the only judge of this court
and there is no body, no body there to help you.
there is no lies to save you
there is no way to run out

If you think about this everyday just for a minute
I think there is no more hell for anybody
just because of think... just people needs think to makes the world beautiful”
― Ali sheikhi

“When the same old routines in your life, gives you the feelings, that somewhere down this path you’ve lost yourself. When the beginning of a new day seems dreadful, and lacks true purpose. You are not alone, but you alone can fix this. Pray for purpose, and fight to find it. There are things in this world you have always wanted to do, no matter how big or small get out there and do them. Most the battles we fight in life are with ourselves.”
― Ron Baratono

“Do we give gifts, or do we dispense items? The difference? With the former we’re giving part of ourselves, with the latter we’re not giving ourselves or anything else for that matter.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Doubt is a liar (and at times a rather convincing one) that would have us believe something less of ourselves so that we are kept from being the best of ourselves.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“To know yourself was not egotism but the gateway to all virtue... It is the great condition of success in the spiritual warfare. For the chief enemy is within ourselves and if we do not understand him we cannot be victorious.”
― E.M.W. Tillyard, The Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of Shakespeare, Donne and Milton

“This Universe and Earth completely belong to you and have been created for you; please take care of them.”
― Rashid Jorvee