Francois Fenelon Quotes

I am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

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.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are.

They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

You cannot force somebody to be a different person.

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

Forgive everybody but yourself.

I'm ashamed of what I did, but I'm not ashamed of what I've done to correct my mistakes..... I'm proud of who I am.

You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.

Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.

I love myself for all my mistakes and missteps. They have been very valuable to me. They have taught me many things. It is the way I learn. I am willing to stop punishing myself for my mistakes.

We should endeavor practically in our lives to correct all the defects which our imagination detects.

There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.

There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life

It really is the relationship you have with your self that presents the key to the “kingdom”, so to speak... Fighting is good, but not when it is fighting yourself. Changing the world is good but first one has to start inside and concurrently make that place right. The strife and the ugliness in the world is the outward manifestation of this troubled relationship we have within on a whole.

How many times, over how many years, had he—a grown man—asked for the mercy of another chance? He was suddenly so sick of himself, so revolted, that he could have groaned aloud.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.

I'm a dumb-ass, and I poisoned myself for years. Now I understand things better.