Simone Weil Quotes

It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

Change happens not by trying to make yourself change, but by becoming conscious of what's not working.

He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate and justifiable, better uses his time.

I work on myself daily to be a better person. When I react in a negative way to somebody, I sit back and think about why I did it, so I'm always working on myself, and my music is the same.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

When you practice Buddhism, you have to always self-reflect, and you can't avoid your problems. That makes me understand human beings better. I feel that the more I do that in my own life, the more I can see how to play a character.

It is more profitable to be mindful of our own faults than of those of our age.

At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

I've learned a lot from counseling and talking about the mistakes that I've made; I've understood why I made them.

I think when you're dealing with any issues about trying to become a better human being, you have to look at a lot of things about yourself that maybe you don't want to or aren't able to.

I always used to be like, 'I don't need to meditate.' And it's not true.

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

We can’t change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.

Analyze thy life's experiences, see thy shortcomings, see thy virtues. Minimize those faults, magnify and glorify thy virtues.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

I just try to live a moderate life of always checking and trying to be the best person I can be and I'm in therapy and am always working on something.

If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they're not self-aware, I think it's harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are.

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery