Elif Safak Quotes

You can only see in someone else what you see in yourself.

You look in the mirror, but you don't see what you actually look like.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me.

I don't think the way I look at myself has changed.

What do I see when I look in the mirror? One handsome man. No, I see the same person I have seen for the last 27 years: the person I believed I could be when I was a child, the person I have inspired and dreamed to be all my life, and that's the person I have seen, from being that big to as big as the roof - the same guy.

It's important to look your best because it reflects how you feel about yourself. I really believe that what goes on the outside reflects what's on the inside.

I look on the outside how I feel on the inside.

In memorizing the prayer, it may be helpful to remind yourself that you are not addressing some extraterrestrial being outside you. The kingdom of heaven is within us, and the Lord is enshrined in the depths of our own consciousness. In this prayer we are calling deep into ourselves, appealing to the spark of the divine that is our real nature.

Religion is not something I like to talk about publicly. One reason is the politics, but also I think spirituality is deeply personal.

I usually only draw myself in down periods... I suppose that's why I often draw myself looking grim. I just think, 'Let's have a look in the mirror.' When you are alone and you look in a mirror you never put on a pleasing smile. Well, you don't, do you?

I can see myself before myself - a being through dark scenery.

"My insides don't match up with my outsides." "Do anyone's inside and outsides match up?" "I don't know. I'm only me." "Maybe that's what a person's personality is: the difference between the inside and the outside."

Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show who I am inside?

Did you ever wonder if the person in the picture is the same one you see when you look in the mirror?" - "That's the eternal question, isn't it? Are we born who we are, or do we make ourselves that way?

The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself.

We are the mirror - As well as the face in it.

It is a fact that you project what you are.

The world is a mirror for us – whatever you say about others is really how you feel about yourself.

Your world and everything in it is a reflection of your own mental attitude toward yourself.

You can only see in others what is inside of you.

I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.