In reality, every reader is, while reading, the reader of his own self..
I don't have an ego that makes me believe the world revolves around me. I am not self-absorbed..
I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.).
Le moi est ha|«s sable. The self is hateful..
Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility..
The ancient human question 'Who am I?' leads inevitably to the equally important question 'Whose am I?' - for there is no self outside of relationshi….
The fact is, if a person has not experienced the love of his or her soul, within one's self, there is no chance that that person can go out and love,….
Learning always involves self-transcendence. Learning calls forth what is in us, helping us to move toward authenticity and wholeness..
Move it along, teenagers. The only person who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self..
While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands..
An act of renunciation is an act of union with God. The Divine Master looks lovingly upon a person who gains a victory over self..
Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national s….
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies..
Discipline is the virtue that begins in obedience and flowers in self-control..
Politics is cyclical..
Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others..
Psychotherapy is what God has been secretly doing for centuries by other names; that is, he searches through our personal history and heals what need….
The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge..
There are a lot of parts of who I am that no one in the public has ever known, but the older I've gotten, the more I've appreciated my own strange li….
Self-assurance doesn't come from looking perfect and having a great title, but from accepting yourself with all you mistakes and eccentricities..
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it i….