All Quotes By Tag: Self-awareness
“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a physical and social world and develop a personal code of survival. In essence, we all become self-styled sages, creating our own book of wisdom based upon our studied observations and practical knowledge gleaned from living and learning. What we quickly discover is that no textbook exist how to conduct our life, because the world has yet to produce a perfect person – an ideal observer – whom is capable of handing down a concrete exemplar of epistemic virtues. We each draw upon the guiding knowledge, theories, and advice available for us in order to explore the paradoxes, ironies, inconsistencies, and the absurdities encountered while living in a supernatural world. We mold our personal collection of information into a practical practicum how to live and die. Each day we define and redefine who we are, determine how we will react today, and chart our quest into an uncertain future.”
“I had an enemy – myself. Getting rid of the ego-self, in came the Self. Now, here, there, everywhere is nothing else. Just One Self.”
“A good life is doing what you love as much as you can and doing what you must as much as you should”
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“Always assume your assumptions about others are wrong. Because often, they are”
“The treasure of a lifetime lies in the sacredness of the heart.”
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“A huge part of recovery and life -is slowing down and accepting the unKNOWN. This is how you get to KNOW –yourself.”
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“There is a fine line between stubbornness and stupidity as well as intensity and insanity.”
“Know thy self, and the world will be thy oyster!”
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“To pacify your external conflicts, you must wage peace, first and foremost, within yourself.”
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“If someone else notices our qualities and talents, we think those parts of us must be worthwhile. Our potential floats like an island in the sea—uncharted, unexplored. We long for someone to discover us, admire us, colonize us. But why must it be another person? Why can’t you sail that voyage and explore yourself?”
“If you would command anything, be willing to cause anything.”
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“Sometimes the only way to find the answers, is not to travel far away, but to venture deeper within ourselves.”
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“I don’t think anyone knows as much about what’s right for me as I do.”
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“Be careful before you judge. More importantly, watch out for the judgements you place upon yourself.”
“People always create hurdles and will never give you shiny rays… You have your life, So live it in your ways.”
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