Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about..

We're killers, all of us: We kill our lives, our past selves, the things that mattered. We bury them under slogans and excuses..

Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous..

Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death..

Seeing one's books on the shelf tells you so much about the way somebody has, over the years, put together their private library, which is a reflecti….

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All m….

If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction..

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state..

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage..

Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens..

I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school..

Self-confidence comes naturally when your inner life and your outer life are in harmony..

We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness..

Study nothing except in the knowledge that you already knew it. Worship nothing except in adoration of your true self. And fear nothing except in the….

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness..

If scientists and scholars were to become "collectively self-organised and consciously activist" today, they would probably devote themselves to serv….

Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self..

Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers..

I looked at my palms trying to see the other life, the parallel life. The point at which my selves broke away and one married a fat man and the other….

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to reco….

Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality..