Shakti Gawain Quotes

You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others.

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.

A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me.

The most important relationship we have in our lives is the relationship we have with ourselves, and we're not taught about it.

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

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.

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

I thought I had to be perfect. I would often make choices I thought would make everyone else happy. I lived at a pace that was "good for my career," whether it was good for me or not. I have learned how important it is to check in with myself and listen, really listen.

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

If you want to understand yourself, Then do not examine yourself. Just love yourself more sincerely, More soulfully And more self-givingly.

I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time.

I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

If you can't be with yourself, you'll never learn to be with anyone else.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

I don't know if there is a 'lack' of good black men. But when you haven't taken the time to get to know yourself, be OK with you, and articulate what it is you want in a relationship, then you can't possibly find that person for you because you don't even know what you're looking for.

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.

I can live with myself.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

I'm not crazy. But I am different. I'm still learning about myself.

A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

You learn to accept your own reality.