The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.
Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric of fictions that we patch together from memory.
True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.
The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.
True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.