Quotes on Self

Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.

You can bring out your inner self and moods through dancing. Music does the same.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Don't try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you.

Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.

Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.

If we look at the world with a deluded body and mind, we will think that our self is permanent. But if we practice correctly and return to our true self, we will realize that nothing is permanent

Your real, new self (which is Christ's and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.

I seem to have the blind self-acceptance of the eccentric who can't conceive that his eccentricities are not clearly understood.

Let Christ turn your natural optimism into Christian hope, your energy into moral virtue, your good will into genuine self-sacrificin g love! This is the path you are called to take. This is the path to overcoming all that threatens hope, virtue and love in your lives and in your culture. In this way your youth will be a gift to Jesus and to the world.

The self cannot be self without other selves.

Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God.

To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. Once more, all that self-denial can say is, 'He leads the way, keep close to Him.'

Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others.

[Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the sole justification of his existence, and that self-sacrifice is his highest moral duty, value and virtue. This is the moral base of collectivism, of all dictatorships.

One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

I had enormous self-image, problems and very low self-esteem, which I hid behind obsessive writing and performing. It's exactly what I do now except I enjoy it now. I'm not driven like I was in my twenties. I was driven to get through life very quickly.

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant.

The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we exist in the hope of something better. Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’ It brings inner strength, self-confidence , the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently.

Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.

If you step up the self-education curve, you will come up with more answers than you can use.