When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.
The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
It's overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the United States of America to have a secure, democratic friend, a strategic partner like Israel.
This marched was planned to be non violent and non confrontational, and gladly it stayed that way. What really impressed me was the self discipline of the Black Block.
I'd like to think that most of what I do is self-evident if you're listening to it or seeing it. But I don't mind the fact that it's hard to describe.
It is doubtful that real personal change can occur without the conscious and painful process of self-criticism that is required to reject power and ego.
The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me.
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
You have to find out who you are aside from what the media say you are. If you've become reliant on them for kind of a sense of self, then you're really screwed.
No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was.
Self confidence. Let's fight the demon that make us look smaller than we truly are. Your dream is worth it.
Self confidence. Let's fight the demons that makes us look smaller than we truly are. Your dream is worth it.
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
I believe that ultimately the situation in Kosovo can only be resolved through self-determination.
For me, working out is nothing to do with looks. It's to let it all out - the stress, the self-consciousness - you think less; it makes you more centred.
It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.
When I was younger, I was chubby. It gave me a terrible sense of self-image, and I guess I carry that around with me still.
When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.
Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.
It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
