Ourselves Quotes
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...I'm saying that we (Americans) have sunk pretty low and I'm saying that you can look at the moral climate in Germany in 1933. We have to ask ourselves if we found ourselves in Nazi Germany, what would we do. Now I say, let the inspection process take its course.
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We will see beauty in the outer world when we are able to see beauty within ourselves. And this is the best thing we can do for ourselves and for the universe.
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But in these few moments that we have here on Earth, are we going to torture ourselves? Or are we going to allow our lights to be dimmed? How do we expect men to respect women or women to rise to more power when we don't respect our queendom in the same way that men respect their kingdom?
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When we treat the earth as an object, we dehumanize ourselves.
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We want to be true to ourselves, and honest to the fans and to ourselves.
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You really haven't changed, you've just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying to do: become more of ourselves.
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We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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If we succeed, it makes no sense to keep it only for ourselves.
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We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.
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In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.
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I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.
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We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of it. That is the best way we can stay in touch with the fates of its creatures, its indigenous cultures, its earthbound wisdom. That is the best way we can be in touch with ourselves.
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I propose,” replied Jack, “that we shall undress ourselves, rub ourselves entirely over with charcoal and grease, so that they shall not recognise us, and dash in and carry the girl off by a coup de main. In which case it will, of course, be neck or nothing, and a tremendous race to the cave, where, if they follow us, we will keep them at bay with our rifles.” “Umph!
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If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
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We come to know ourselves only through stories. We listen to the stories of others, we inherit the stories of those who came before, and we make sense of our own experiences by constructing a narrative that holds them, and holds us, together. Stories are how we make sense of our lives.
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We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order.
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We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for human rights in the world. Mistreating prisoners makes the world see our moral claims as hypocrisy.
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As we do so, our Child Within begins to awaken and eventually to flourish, grow and create. Virginia Satir said, “We need to see ourselves as basic miracles and worthy of love.
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I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts?
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We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore.
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The worst lies of all are the ones we tell ourselves. They are the most damaging.
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If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities God wants to reveal to us - possibilities that would offer stimulation plus real security in service. But we feel too unworthy. So one layer of negative behavior is laid upon another until we emerge as rebellious sinners. But our rebellion is a reaction, not our nature. By nature we are fearful, not bad.
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We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
