Herbert A. Simon Quotes

The lead character in 'Adaptation' is pretty much me but with more talent. Every time I watch 'Adaptation,' I feel very emotional because it makes me be kinder to myself and see the human situation a little more clearly.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

It took a lot of years of me on my own, coaching myself, to look in the mirror and love the reflection.

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

My personality doesn't interest me.

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore.

People should accept being single, because those are the moments you can really focus on yourself, and learning who you are. Then when you get in a relationship, you will be stronger and have a little bit more self-awareness, self-love, and the other ingredients for a healthy relationship.

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or you know and - you know, for instance, my self-loathing.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

Know thyself.

The beauty of knowing yourself is nobody else has to.

I do know that it takes a lot to look in that mirror and fix yourself.

I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing.

Sometimes I wake up and look in the mirror and am like, 'Whoa!' I don't know if I'm having more fun, but I'm having a lot of fun.

The best advice Drake's given anybody is to know yourself. It's the most important thing to live by.

There's a paradox with self-improvement, and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you no longer feel the need to improve yourself.

I've grown and I've matured, and I kind of like that.

Next time you look in the mirror, close your eyes and ask yourself when you feel like the best version of you. When you open them, act on that.

I started to like my voice - the sound of it. So then I started to listen to it as something separate. To me, it sounded good that way as well.

You don't want to vilify your ego.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.