self-awareness Quotes

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'

Bitterness is cancer - it eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure.

I did work in a strip club, but I didn't strip. I danced, and I became very popular.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.