Geoff Dyer Quotes

I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously.

The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.

I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.

The preacher's sharpest and strongest preaching should be to himself. His most difficult, delicate, laborious, and thorough work must be with himself.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

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.

I'm very self-critical.

I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive.

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

When I look back, I don't have regrets. In the moment I am really, really hard on myself, I'm definitely my own worst critic and can be my own worst enemy, and I'm trying very hard not to be that.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Learning essential stuff is as much a discipline as going to the gym or sticking to a diet, and an excellent antidote for the modern condition of being numb and dumb.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

For myself and my attitude, I have, every day, to work on it.

I am very self-critical and always will be. I think this makes me want to improve, always. But just because I'm self-critical and say what I thought of my performance in a game, it doesn't mean I will bring myself down, ever.

I don't know anyone who is more self-critical than me.

I am my own biggest critic.

What else is there for me to conquer? Hopefully my ego.

Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.

Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself.

My toughest enemy is in the mirror - would you look at that.