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Self-hood Quotes


"There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught."


"My worth changes with every choice I make and every action I take. I can choose myself to uselessness or to being valuable."


"To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other."


"There is no denial that the lack of self-love conditions many to feel unimportant or irrelevant."


"Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity."


"You have everything inside you, though you sometimes only recognise certain bits relating to the current stage of your path."



"The best jury of your peers that you'll ever find is well, you. Only you know what you're capable of and what you want to be."


"We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better."


"People cannot turn you into a foot mat if you clearly know your true self-worth."


"You are the most important person in your life. Your relationship with yourself defines your relationships with every other person you encounter. Celebrate yourself and celebrate all those around you."


"But you have to sacrifice yourself for YOURSELF, too."


"The most important journey in your life will be the journey to find yourself. To find who you are, to find what you love, is the greatest gift in life. Look at yourself, honestly, and find who you really are. To reveal your true self might be scary but the act of learning who you really are is important to make it possible to live your best possible life."
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