“You re surroundings can either be a reflection of you or you can end up being a reflection of your surroundings. Ultimately, one will occur noticeably or unnoticeably.”
“If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there s tension in your body, that s already an important insight.”
“Knowing your ignorance is far better than knowing what you know! Understanding the path and will of God is far better than mastering your own path.”
“Setting our living standards and expectations based on the status of others is like wishing that apples were onions.”
“A person must be in tune with the light and dark forces of their nature and remain in harmony with the bands of their own multivariate being.”
“people inspire you, or they drain you-Pick them wisely”
“Self-awareness is inevitably erratic, a work in progress, an etch-a-sketch that shifts with the slightest shimmer of movement. Doing the best we can is the best we can do.”
“The real virtue is not to be free from desires but to be content with what you have.”
“When you have an open mind and you re flexible....not married to your beliefs, you can see clearly because you re able to feel and remain neutral at the same time. You re curious.”
“In judging our progress as individual we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one s social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education. These are, of course, important in measuring one s success in material matters and it is perfectly understandable if many people exert themselves mainly to achieve all these. But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one s development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualites which are within reach of every soul - are the foundation of one s spiritual life.”
“Sometimes being overwhelmed by emotions can leave you speechless but even then it is important to identify the correct emotion.”
“Be careful what you tell yourself, and do not belittle yourself, even in jest. Negative, deprecating self-talk can do significant harm to your self-image.”
“Self-confidence comes with self-awareness.”
“Identifying your feelings can help you explain your reactions”
“Better you know yourself better you become able to choose between your own opinions and society s for your best possible future.”
“I always dream of it: that something will open my eyes, and open everything inside me as well.”
“Loving yourself may seem like the hardest thing to do. But it s the greatest gift you can give yourself. If you re waiting for someone else to do it for you, you re wasting your time.”