Top 1200 Self Observation Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared.

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal.

The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature. Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?

You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.

It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.

In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.

Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.

I am a recovering narcissist. I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it. It is actually drearier than self-love; it is unrequited self-love.

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.

No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful in order to meet the demands of the thing seen and the thing being made.

My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.

James says, "You desire and do not have; so you kill" (Jas. 4:2). We kill marriages and we kill unborn babies because they cut across our desires; they stand in the way of our unencumbered self-enhancement. And we live in a culture where self-enhancement and self-advancement is god. And if self-enhancement is god, then the One who is at work in the womb shaping a person in His own image is not God and the assault on His work is not sacrilegious, but obedience to the god of self.

Selfish is an exploitation of others for self; selfless is an exploitation of self for others. Both are extrinsic. ..... Selfness. When selfness prevails, the qualities of others are sometimes used for self and the qualities of self are often extended to others. The basic and key difference is that exploitation is never the object of the outcome.

I don't think I can do this - painting under observation. It's the worst thing there is, worse than being in the hospital.

Salvakalpa samadhi is absorption in eternity to the point where there is no real concept of self but there's still a karmic chain. Nirvikalpa samadhi is absorption in nirvana; concepts of self and no-self go away completely.

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I'm aware of it, no matter what happens, I'm always going to have a fake self, and I'm not going to judge my fake self.

People forget who they are; they always remain with an identity which is not the real self. It is just a projected self which does not exist, but they identify with this projected self appearance.

What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?

Parents who engage in this kind of [conscious] parenting understand the power of being present being mindful to take the time to build connection understanding that this foundation is the bedrock of all later self-worth, self-esteem and self-actualization.

Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed.

To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.

The new ground that you form in your living is a new self, a new self that isn't at all of the middle ground, a lived-in self that has no need of middle ground. That new self makes unseen reality within seen.

The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,' Jesus said, 'he will find his true self.

The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate self-awareness is honest acknowledgment of the existence of hidden emotions, motives and tendencies in the mind without immediately suppressing them.

Observation and study are necessary to achieve mastery of light and form

Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation.

To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.

It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I'm aware of it, no matter what happens, I'm always going to have a fake self and I'm not going to judge my fake self.

The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single saying.

I am a firm believer, that without speculation there is no good and original observation.

There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.

My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.

The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great mistake. My purpose here is to affirm that the unitive state is a hidden path in itself, a movement in its own right that ultimately leads to no-self (no true-self and no-union). In short, the unitive state is the hidden path to no-self.

We must draw on our early roots and remind people why the Labour party was created and who it sought to represent. We have never been a sectional party promoting self-interest, but instead a force for engaging self-reliance and self-determination.

The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to it than any third party (and any third party seeking to dispute my self-ownership must presuppose the principle of self-ownership in the first place since he is acting as a self-owner).

It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention.

I was taken to the hospital for observation. I stayed several days, didn't observe anything, and I left.

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.

We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.

Why building self esteem?. The benefits of having self esteem are numerous. Self esteem is strongly associated with happiness, psychological resilience, and a motivating to live a productive and healthy life.

Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful.

If you feel like the beginning of your history is rooted in slavery, that really, I think, messes with your sense of self, your self-esteem, and your self-worth.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open - to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas.

I get quiet joy from the observation of anyone who does his job well.

To become spiritual, you must die to self, and come alive in the Lord. Only then will the mysteries of God fall from your lips. To die to self through self-discipline causes suffering but brings you everlasting life.

In my experience and observation, senior appointments are rarely based entirely on merit.

I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'.

An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.

Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.

Politics now is really only about self-interest, which means it has violence built into it because your self-interest is going to collide with the self-interest of the rest of the world. That's inevitable.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

Allow me to congratulate you on your very astute powers of observation.

Why is erasing desire seen as so important? If the subjugation of the self is the point of the self what's the point in having a self? It's like someone handing you a leaflet which says throw this leaflet away.