Gabrielle Bernstein Quotes

It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.

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.

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.

I think I'm working on being a lot more positive in my everyday life because I realize comments and things can hurt.

We must be willing to take an honest look at ourselves and step out beyond our judgmental mind. It is here that we will have a life-altering shift in perception, an opening of our heart.

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

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

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.

So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

I don't really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.

Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

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.

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

Knowing ourselves and how we feel can help us improve.

I always call myself an emotionalist. I feel.

I need to learn to be happy and enjoy the achievement rather than already thinking about what I could have done better.

Whenever I'm trying to understand people that I don't understand, or things in people or even in myself, I'll say, 'When did this negativity get here?' I try to think back to how I was raised to deal with things, and then consider how the person that I'm dealing with grew up.

Taking ownership of your feelings is so vital to getting better.

I'm going to try to put less pressure on myself, but I know how easy it is to say that rather than to feel it, but that's how it is.

I listen to myself, listen to my heart.

I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.

When you feel yourself being critical, whether it is of yourself or another person, stop yourself. Look for positive aspects to admire.