Shakti Gawain Quotes

Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter.

I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be with other people; I just know myself really, really well, and I think that is an amazing thing. I think a lot of people don't know themselves that well.

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?

First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one you have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself.

The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place.

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.

They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

A lot of people come to L.A. looking for something. What I came here for, I realize now, is to be okay with myself.

There is an amazing power getting to know your inner self and learning how to use it and not fight with the world. If you know what makes you happy, your personality, interests and capabilities, just use them, and everything else flows beautifully.

Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.

I'm fascinated with human relationships. I advocate the relationship you have with yourself.

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.

All relationship is a reflection of your relationship with yourself.

The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome.

Before we can make friends with anyone else, we must first make friends with ourselves.

The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

It's easy to forget who you are.