S Quotes
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“Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.”
“Self-preservation is the first law of nature.”
“Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc
“self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.”
“Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving”
Source: Every Day
“Self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do.”
Source: Agatha Christie: five complete novels of murder and detection
“Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.”
“Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity of their structure is maintained. It is a natural process which supports the quest for structure, process renewal and integrity.”
“Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.”
“Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.”
“Self-programming, what you believe and affirm about yourself, is the basis of who you are.”
“Self-projection is, more often than not, the move of the minor craftsman, of the tactics of the hour whose inherent weakness is, precisely, that of originality.”
Source: Real Presences
“Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion. Talking about myself is a little less inspiring than talking about the character.”
“Self-published media are really critical. It's so heartwarming that people are still doing it in this digital age. It's just really moving and exciting. You can't really replace a beautiful little mini-comic. It doesn't translate to the computer, you know? Handmade stuff has really given me hope for humanity.”
“Self-publishing in comics is core to the whole artform. There is no scarlet letter in comics as there still is, to some degree, in prose. As no publisher for a long time would publish serious work in comics, the only way a lot of it came out was because of self-publishing. Many of the greatest works of the medium are self-published.”
“Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else.”
“Self-publishing is still my basic recommendation to anyone wanting to do comics. Do it. Do it until you get good. Do it after you get good. It's good for your spirit as a creator.”
“Self-realisation means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong.”
“Self-realization and self-fulfilment are the sine qua non for human existence.”
“Self-realization doesn't imply loss, gain, even transition; it's only a settling. The separate sounds on the beach, the birds, the waves, the wind. They all come together again, they blend, they harmonize.”
“Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's.”
“Self-realization is a comedown from salvation, but still gives us something to hope for.”
“Self-realization is a process of permanent auto-creation, an elaboration of the new man at the expense of the old.”
“Self-realization is a strange term. You don't actually realize your 'self'. If anything, you go away. The caterpillar enters the cocoon of meditation: A butterfly emerges - metamorphosis.”
“Self-realization is a very quiet thing. It's not flashy. No one might see you light up a room. No one might observe anything”
“Self-realization is effortless. What you are trying to find is what you already are.”
“Self-realization is great.”
“Self-realization is liberation. Liberation is self-realization.”
“Self-realization is not complete until it lives in action.”
Source: Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life
“Self-realization is not the awareness that this world is a dream, that's a part of self-realization.”
“Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God.”
“Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing.”
“Self-realization is the last game on earth worth playing.”
“Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.”
Source: The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
“Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.”
Source: The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda
“Self-realization may be and sometimes is attained even by people who are struggling with sick and otherwise imperfect bodies; but it cannot be attained unless one can concentrate and meditate uninterruptedly upon God.”
“Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things-strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality-will be added unto you.”
“Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?”
“Self-realization: No ego, no desires, no weight problems, no tax forms, no death to die, no life to live.”
“Self-recognition is necessary to know one's road, but, knowing the road, the price of the mistakes and perils is worth paying. The following of that road will be all the discipline one needs. Discipline does not mean being molded by outside forces, but sticking to one's road against the forces that would deflect or bury the soul. People speak of finding one”
Source: The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918
“Self-recognition, the self-contemplation of spirit is the primary movement out of which all creativeness proceeds.”
“Self-reflection entails asking yourself questions about your values, assessing your strengths and failures, thinking about your perceptions and interactions with others, and imagining where you want to take your life in the future.”
“Self-reflection is a desire felt by the body, as well as the soul. As dancers, healers, and saints all know, when you turn your attention toward even the simplest physical process - breath, the small movements of the eyes, the turning of a foot in midair - what might have seemed dull matter suddenly awakens.”
Source: The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues
“Self-reflection is the gateway to freedom. It also brings greater appreciation and enjoyment. We begin to enjoy spending time with our own mind, and we enjoy reflecting on our experience of the teachings. Like the sun emerging from behind the clouds, the teachings of the dharma become clear.”
“Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Self-reflection, or - what comes to the same thing - the urge to individuation, gathers together what is scattered and multifarious and exalts it to the original of the One, the Primordial Man. In this way our existence as separate beings, our former ego nature, is abolished, the circle of consciousness is widened, and because the paradoxes have been made conscious, the sources of conflict are dried up.”
Source: The Collected Works
“Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.”
Source: Conscious Immortality: Conversations with Ramana Maharshi
“Self-reform is the only kind that works.”
“Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.”
“Self-reinvention is an essential trope of the American project, closely linked to another such trope: going on the lam. Both are regularly featured in movies and novels and suchlike. Criminals and persons loitering with and without intent hold a crucial place in the culture. For obvious reasons, the culture cannot endorse this behavior, even as it is in thrall to it.”