On Self Awareness

Notes and quotes on self-awareness snatched from readings and various places on the net. Be sure to take your time to reflect along the way.

“Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others.”
~Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
~Mark Twain

"People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another."
~Mevlana Rumi

"If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects, our uncertainty, our craving, how can we have the time to stop and look deeply into the situation--our own situation, the situation of our beloved one, the situation of our family and of our community, and the situation of our nation and of the other nations?"
~Thich Nhat Hanh

"It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others."

~Sydney J. Harris

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

~William Faulkner

"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

~Margaret Thatcher

"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."

~St. Francis of Assisi

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