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I don't think of sex as a self-destructive impulse.

Thom Gunn

Sex

Self

I don't know how to sit outside myself and test against a hypothetical self who stayed home.

Thom Gunn

Home

Self

The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight.

Paul Guilfoyle

Self

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self.

I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life.

Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.

You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self.

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.

We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.

Wavy Gravy

Self

Trying

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.

Isolation is a self-defeating dream.

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

Dream

Isolation

Self

Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, most of them young women.

The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Past

Self

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.