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Quotes about True self

Maybe people share their secret selves with me because they sense it won't make me feel uncomfortable.  Quite the contrary.  I always feel like I've experienced a miracle when it happens.  I guess, because to me, to reveal one's true self, one's spirit self, is to reveal God.

Kaya McLaren
Source: Church of the Dog, Page: 157
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The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly hamonized; it is true to life.

Arthur Schopenhauer : German philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Source: 1000 Beautiful Things
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 You are a powerful, unlimited and eternal soul who is here to enjoy the experience of creativity and contribute to humanity's evolution.

unknown : Gaia Child
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Your true self will take over to the degree that you let go of your illusory self. It is that simple.

Gourasana
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True Self is the Self that existed before the division of heaven and earth and before one's father and mother were born. This Self is the Self within me, the birds and the beasts, the grasses and the trees and all phenomena. It is excatly what is called 'Buddha Nature". 

This Self has no shape or form, has no birth, has no death. It is not a Self that can be seen with the aid of your present physical eye. Only the (hu)man who has received enlightenment is able to see this. The (hu)man who does see this is said to have seen into her own nature and became a Buddha. It is to use neither thought nor reasoning and to look straight ahead.

Takuan Soho (1573 - ?)
Source: The Unfettered Mind - Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Soho (1573-1645), P81 (Translation)
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“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.”

Roy Croft
 
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Wealth is not measured by dollars and cents but by the love we make, the laughter we enjoy, the meals we share, the dreams we experience and the hopes we create.  Real connections are our most precious treasures, whether they are with those that share our orbit or with our true and humble selves.

Amy Georgette : Dancer to the Music of Life
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Awakening is the process of overcoming your false self and discovering your True Self.  It begins when you decide to grab the tiger by the tail and ends with the tiger tenderly licking the sweat off your brow and face.

Steve Baxter
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You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind.  He who wants to keep his garden tidy does not reserve a plot for weeds.

Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
 
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You never find the path to your true self, but rather, you find your true self along the path.

unknown : Gaia Child
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