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Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens. -- Pope Francis
Religious traditions are in a constant state of development and renewed self-understanding. -- David Novak
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography. -- Robert Penn Warren
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding. -- Halle Berry
I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence. -- Brian Greene
Most of the people of this world are coated round and round with self-esteem, and they're afraid to admit any understanding of the things which aren't good. -- Susan Glaspell
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. -- G. I. Gurdjieff
Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization. -- Bo Bennett
When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution. -- Abdullah Ibrahim
It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes. -- Saint Ignatius
Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man. -- Bryant H. McGill
As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught. -- Laura Esquivel
Try as I do to comprehend the human project and my part in it, I am further than ever from understanding the monstrous everyday things that seem like self-evident truths and existential necessities to so many. -- Michael Leunig
What I love about believing in a living God is that I believe God is constantly revealing God's self to us over time, and with each succeeding generation, we come a little closer to understanding the mind of God. -- Gene Robinson
Some scholars argue that although the brain might contain neural subsystems, or modules, specialized for tasks like recognizing faces and understanding language, it also contains a part that constitutes a person, a self: the chief executive of all the subsystems. -- Paul Bloom
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free markets produce the greatest good for the greatest number always, but only, when tethered to virtue and morality. -- Mary Matalin
I am very interested in Ayurvedic medicine and hope to explore it more someday. I only have a very superficial understanding of the whole thing right now. But learning what my body type is has shifted my whole self-care regime a bit, and I feel better because of it. -- Taylor Schilling
Rust' really started with the passing of my dad, and me really looking back inward to my self about where I stand with all things on a faith/religious/spiritual level. And it's really put me on this interesting road and very educational, I might add, road back to understanding the role of faith in God and Christ in my life. -- Corbin Bernsen
In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding. -- Jack Kornfield
Honest self-understanding liberates us from our stuck emotions. -- C. Terry Warner
Conviction is having the mindset to never doubt your self-understanding -- Gino Norris
Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding. -- Miyamoto Musashi
Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience. -- Joshua L. Liebman
Love is omni-inclusive, progressively exquisite, understanding and compassionately attuned to other than self. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding. -- Richard Paul Evans
Most perfect self-understanding is the capability to directly (immediately) transcend dilemma, all problems, all seeking. -- Adi Da
Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life. -- Anthony Powell
Understanding who you are is critical for your career advancement. Self-awareness helps you get ahead. -- Bonnie Marcus
Wisdom along with maturity is self understanding and defining one's character through reasoning in a circumstance. -- Unarine Ramaru
Montaigne [puts] not self-satisfied understanding but a consciousness astonished at itself at the core of human existence. -- Maurice Merleau-Ponty
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding it is the deepest part of autobiography -- Robert Penn Warren
When it comes to understanding and appreciating grace, our biggest problem is our so-called goodness...not our self-perceived badness. -- Tullian Tchividjian
Without understanding the process of the self, there is no bais for thought, there is no basis for right thinking. -- Jiddu Krishnamurti
I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance. -- Jim Harrison
Marinate in your own being, grow in your wisdom, mature in understanding, be firm in your conviction, be strong in your Self. -- Mooji
Therapy really did prepare me to become an empathic songwriter. As far as advice goes, it's a matter of self understanding first. -- William Fitzsimmons
It becomes increasingly clear that we won't be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are. -- Pema Chodron
Education (the institution) has now adopted values, attitudes, and practices that make any rigorous understanding of the human self and life impossible. -- Dallas Willard
Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions. -- Pema Chodron
Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense. -- George Friedman
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. -- Dale Carnegie
Changing your attitude from self-centerdness to understanding requires desire and commitment to always try to see things from the other persons point of view. -- John C. Maxwell
Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way. -- Sebastian Coe
Lack of understanding, along with outright anti-Christian prejudice, leads to journalistic amazement or horror at the supposed self-deception of those who do see a spiritual realm. -- Marvin Olasky
I've always been interested in plants because I'm a gardener, so I have a basic understanding of botany and things like that, but it's all self-taught. -- Michael Pollan
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education. -- Thomas Carlyle
A hater is a person with a complete understanding of your destiny but assigns him or her self as a representative to work tirelessly on your misery. -- Johnnie Dent Jr.
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. -- G. I. Gurdjieff
Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of the Enlightenment. -- Immanuel Kant
When you act on your impulses to play, when you are open to the possibilities in each moment, you replace your fears with self-understanding, self-esteem, and personal strength. -- Sandra Magsamen
Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct a better organized image. -- Berenice Abbott
One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what you feel is real. -- Iyanla Vanzant
The new enlightened self-understanding reminds us that there is no final destination to our journey. The process itself is the destination. There is nowhere we need to arrive to. -- Raphael Zernoff

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