Sam Harris Quotes

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

It doesn't matter what one reveals or what one keeps to oneself. Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we don't have enough personal power the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and it won't make a damn bit of difference.

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

The only way to become authentically powerful is to create authentic power. You cannot wish, want, or command authentic power into your life, although you can try.

You are the center of your universe, and you can make anything happen.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

No matter what happens to you, you can maintain your own control about what you believe and who you are.

I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

If I had to sum it up, the goal of Scientology is giving the person back to themselves. Like, your own power of choice.

I've learned about myself that I'm much stronger than I ever had any idea about myself.

There's always a way to pull back and discredit ourselves, but once you just shut that out and start doing it, you realize things about yourself that you never thought were possible.

Cultivate the technique of seeing all problems as opportunities. Opportunities to...be, and decide, Who You Really Are.

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.

All of the spiritualities that are now clamoring for attention, from explicit Satanism to what we hear on Oprah, are concerned with the two issues of identity and empowerment. Who am I? How can I have the power to live? Those are the questions everyone has to deal with. If we don't come to terms with these, we lapse into some form of human decadence and failure.

Consciousness of our powers augments them.

Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.