S Quotes
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“Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul.”
Source: The Last Four Things
“SELF PORTRAIT: Throwing Armfuls of Air into the Air”
Source: I'll Give You the Sun
“Self-portraits are probably Rembrandt’s landmark pieces of treasured art, lined with pithy contours and lineaments of not only the outlining features of a great one, but the inward beauty of thoughtful assemblage of craft. In matters relating Rembrandt, I’d take a peek at rolling hills, where summits bow in ecstasy to returning ravens in echelons of physiolatry.”
“Self praise is no praise at all.”
“Self-praise is the first sign of insecurity.”
“Self-preservation and determination meant she could get away with anything. As her law-abiding, conventionally minded daughter, I secretly envied her this. She was not the clinging-vine type, nor one who could coax sugar from a lemon. Hers was the frontal attack with no inhibitions. She told the Nazis you could not trust Hitler, and they let her go. In the days of chaperones, she hitch-hiked a ride on a French destroyer along the coast of Crete; 'All quite proper, I had my cook with me,' she explained.”
“Self-preservation is the perfect Trojan Horse to make people opt-in to Self-destruction”
“Self-preservation is to hunker down in the suffocating confines of this infinitesimally tiny existence that I define as ‘me,’ instead of letting ‘me’ run through the infinitely massive expanse of everything that is not me. And if the beast of self-preservation does not permit such freedoms, I will preserve myself to my own death.”
“Self-preservation—this is your new focus.
The only obligation of today is to preserve the breath of tomorrow. Then, once footing is regained, you can begin to fulfill debt obligations.
Debt is hindsight.”
Source: For the (soon) unemployed: You Against Them
“Self pride hinders the soul from flourishing,”
“Self-proclaimed feminist thinkers have colluded with the patriarchal pornographic imagination's use of mass media to represent the sexual resubordination of women by men as cute, playful, and harmless ... we are bombarded with images suggesting that male sexual domination of women in no way threatens female autonomy or independence. In actuality, male domination of females in the sexual arena ... is a constant reminder that females are not free, that we have not attained full equal rights or equity.”
Source: Communion: The Female Search for Love
“Self-proclaimed kings are often seen as jesters.”
“Self-proclaimed supremacy has plagued humankind since time immemorial. And abolition of such prehistoric behavior is a fundamental requirement of civilization.”
Source: Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society
“Self proclamation of authoritative titles is a common phenomenon among religious and/or occult sect leaders. A cursory survey of this primarily 20th century phenomenon will instantly reveal a multitude of self-declared Masters, High Priests, gurus, Ipsissimi, Bhaghwani, etc.. I am pleased that I cannot count myself among such types. Legitimate religious teachers and scholars know that a genuine spiritual leader is one whose calling to lead is first noticed by those outside of him or herself based on certain qualities, abilities, and actions and then must subsequently be accepted by the individual in question as his or her destiny. This contrasts with those whose will to lead is born simply out of the mundane wish to be a leader. In such cases the goal being to reap the rewards a title brings without the hard work and the innate, manifest qualities which validate the position; in short what might be considered a 'false prophet'."
--“From the Eye of the Storm” (Zeena's column for the SLM) Volume II – Winter Issue (2003): “One Year Later...”
Source: Demons of the Flesh: The Complete Guide to Left Hand Path Sex Magic
“Self-publishing a book for the first time isn’t for the faint of heart: it’s a daunting project that takes time and money. Just because you wrote a book (of which you should be proud) doesn’t mean you know anything about self-publishing that book. Authoring a book and publishing that book are two completely different endeavors.”
Source: Self-publishing a Book
“Self-publishing a shitty book doesn't make you an author any more than singing in the shower makes you a rockstar or squeezing your pimple makes you a dermatologist.”
“Self publishing' is not as easy as it is portrayed! When you think you have finished your book, proof read, proof read again, and again, and again. Don't believe it is ready until you have a hard copy proofed!”
“Self-publishing is not nearly as easy as people think it is. Sure, you can upload some crappy manuscript online and slap some run-of-the-mill cover on it. But that doesn't mean anyone wants to read it.”
Source: The Ugly Truth About Self-Publishing: Not another cookie-cutter contemporary romance
“Self-publishing will not save you from yourself. But it will show you what needs healing.”
— Sarah Kissane, SOS Survival Guide for Writers & Creators”
Source: Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call
“Self-questioning – an effort to get in touch with our essential self – is an endless stream of thought.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self-questioning and a desire to gain self-understanding is the fêted act of humankind.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self-questioning and self-identification go hand in hand. It is surprising how little life changes. Most of the days that we spend working, playing, praying, loving, and eating are predictably uneventful. They produce no dramatic events, do not engender acts of high resolve, do not require examination of our morals, or necessitate the questioning of our ethical guideposts. We do not test ourselves daily. In fact, we spend most of our daylight hours attempting to avoid highflying situations that we cannot control. Fear of encountering ugly little surprises hinders a careful person from undertaking an adventure that entails the potentiality of surviving a crisis that will prompt them to grow and in doing so act to define the evolution of the self. Actions, not our words, reveal personal character.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self-questioning is bound to arise at the outset of any worthy quest attempting to gain self-knowledge, and this disconcerting sense of uneasiness will continue to surface akin to a petulant sea serpent until a person undertaking a vision quest either discovers a safe haven or perceptively changes the trajectory of their destructive life.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self-questioning is the road to personal liberation and spiritual enlightenment. Self-questioning spurs the mind to consider new opportunities to arrive at truth.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self Realization is finding That which is beyond even superconsciousness itself, beyond the mind-timeless, causeless, spaceless.”
“Self-realization is largely a matter of achieving a person’s formative personality definition. People whom lack self-realization oftentimes fail to integrate their desired personality traits into all phases of their life including social life, family life, and work life. In order to achieve satisfaction with oneself, a person must know what they wish for, know how to go about achieving their goals, be capable of recognizing where they now stand, and understand how they must change in order to attain their ultimate visage.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self Realization is the first encounter with reality.”
“Self-realization or self-awareness is not a destination - it is a relentless experience - it is a psychological process of ceaseless evolution.”
Source: Morality Absolute
“Self-realizing is the journey of divine love. Once you reach the truth consciousness level, you would be dissolved in the cosmic consciousness.”
Source: Enter Heaven
“Self-recovery is not a quick repair and does not take place overnight”
Source: When Roses are Crushed
“Self-reflection – based on experiences, principles and goals that we have gathered across our lifetime – allows us to course-correct. This is constantly required as we muddle along, gradually learning better ways for us to parent over time.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Self-reflection becomes self-torment when learning doesn't occur.”
“Self-reflection enables every person to alter the trajectory of their personal storyline by reviewing a series of episodic occurrences and making value judgments regarding the past. How we perceive our history colors the present, our deeds of today script the future outcome of individual persons, and the outcome of many people making conscious decisions using their cognitive processes including the ability to remember and share memories influences the direction of human development and the progress of society.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self-reflection helps us walk a mile in another’s shoes.”
“Self-reflection improves civil discourse by pushing you toward reason.”
Source: I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
“Self-reflection is a kind of self-judgment. The difference is just this – the former is positive and the latter is negative.”
“Self-reflection is a much kinder teacher than regret is. Prioritize yourself by making a habit of it.”
“Self-reflection is a powerful tool for personal growth and can be particularly helpful in navigating the dating world.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Modern Dating: From First Move to First Date
“Self-reflection or autognosis reveals that what is given in consciousness is, first and foremost, integral connectedness and organic unity of all thinking, feeling, and desiring. At the same time, self-reflection reveals that this connected unity is the ultimate reality that can be reached. "Consciousness cannot go behind itself." Whatever we propose to think forms part of this organic unity of our mind and is a result or consequence of it. There is no means of jumping beyond consciousness, and any attempt to explain with the help of any other imaginary system the radical connectedness in which we live and that is our mind would be absurd. Our mind is the very presupposition of all explanation. For to explain a phenomenon means, in the last instance, to point out its place and its part within the living economy of consciousness, and to determine the "meaning" it has in the original source of all meaning: life.”
“Self-regulation is highly valued. Even if we find them a bit tedious, we admire people who stick to an exercise regimen. We certainly value people who do not express every negative emotion they experience, those who are “low maintenance” because they can control their reactions to disappointment and insecurity. We can count on the self-controlled person to keep her promises because she will not be distracted in the course of so doing.”
Source: Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
“Self-regulation is not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It doesn't take any character for the animal to be animal, but the true test of character is to behave human, upon conquering our inner animal.”
Source: Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament
“Self-regulation is not caution, it is an act of course-correction.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“Self-regulation is not simply a moral characteristic. It is biologically healthy for both your mind and the body.”
Source: Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
“Self-rejection is simply seen as the neurotic expression of an insecure person. But neurosis is often the psychic manifestation of a much deeper human darkness: the darkness of not feeling truly welcome in human existence. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voics that calls us the "Beloved.”
“Self-rejection is the biggest sin that you commit”
Source: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
“Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, "The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice." (Proverbs 12:15) The word 'listen' carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision.”
“Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend.”
Source: Rowdy Buddha: The First Sapiens
“Self-reliance is the highest expression of self-respect.”
“Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward”
“Self-reliance is the ultimate survival tool.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose