Of what use was memory anyway than as a template for one's most reassuring self-deceptions!
A low self-image is usually not based upon facts; it's mismanaged memory.
The ultimate barrier against love is the barrier of the constructed self.
ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.
People pleasing doesn't allow you to receive.
Be the same still mountain self and mountain peace no matter what the external conditions.
Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us.
How much soul can include the self-salvation of sin?
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we're the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny.
Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.
I believe that fashion is the ultimate form if self expression therefore it really depends on my mood.
Perfection isn't necessarily found only in publicly accepted trends. Perfection is found in self.
To be great in life, you must be determined. You can only discover yourself when you are self motivated .
What I find powerful is a person with the confidence to be her own self.
I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.
My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.
Once you lose everything, what's the worst that's going to happen to you? You develop a self-assurance.
I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.
Self belief, Wise choice and Karma are the three main ingredients of Winners.
Okay, this is going to be confusing, kid.-Amelia Pond to her younger self in the pandora box
