Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
To live is to construct an identity bit by bit, to walk a path step by step, to live a life that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to try different genres. I think I'll still be looking at a strong female character in the center, and identity… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own… — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I liked to dress in the way that I dressed and that really helped me with my… — G Flip Copy Share Image
People are created in God's image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It's an identity disorder. — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“No matter the nature of your individuality, you can nurture a better identity and have a mature positively rewarding life.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
The individual problem is the world problem. Therefore let us return to the problem of individual perfection and the establishing of peace… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“A person who is brilliantly talented and successful at work but irrational and irresponsible in his or her private life may want… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“We are being called upon to act against a prevailing culture, to undermine our own entrenched tendency to accumulate and to consume,… — Lyanda Lynn Haupt Copy Share Image
Distinction between species and specimen is very much like the distinction between images and actual pictures, or, you know, objects that have… — W. J. T. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Convictions that outcomes are determined by one's own actions can be either demoralizing or heartening, depending on the level of self-judged efficacy.… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Most whites do not have a racial identity, but they would do well to understand what race means for others. They should… — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare’s oft-quoted advice, “To thine own self be true,” runs deep in our philosophical DNA. Many of us are uncomfortable with the… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
There can be no more thrilling idea of intimacy that connecting with someone through the agency of the written word. Here we… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“Allow yourself to undertake this journey exactly as you are. Be free to be your imperfect, messy, unenlightened self as well as… — Katherine Woodward Thomas Copy Share Image
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Since I'm a highly self-critical person, I try to become better every day. I don't see the point of competing with anyone. — Disha Patani Copy Share Image
We are the true architects of our lives. Only we as individuals and individuals alone, carry within us, the inner ability to… — Robert M. Hensel Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room. — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is a form of cultural self-centeredness, and as a collective thought-form, can only exist because the dominant in-group is itself comprised… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I was trained as an economic theorist; my job at MIT was as an economic theorist. At some level that's still part… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea. Can the 'self' see the 'self' with any objectivity? — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Why wallow in a puddle of self pity when there's a sea of self acceptance and self realisation waiting for you?” — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
The Self is infinite. The Self is eternal. You are that Self. Beyond words, thoughts, ideas, forms and belief systems. There is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not 'I know who I am,' but rather 'I know… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Knowing that I help the younger generation maybe discover their gender identity or start the conversations within the households, is really important… — G Flip Copy Share Image
I think there's a large worry in queer communities about imitating straight people, when queerness has its own identity and maybe can… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
“If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Three broad mechanisms—identity claims, feeling regulators, and behavioral residue—seemed to connect people to the spaces that surrounded them.” — Sam Gosling Copy Share Image
“Thousands of individuals unknowingly contribute to the creation of our lives. Over the years, these serendipitous exchanges made imprints on my mind… — Kristin S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
“nteraction with a fellow human being, especially one who can understand what you’re going through and direct your awareness to the solutions… — Haider Al-Mosawi Copy Share Image
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Learn to detest things that do not allow you to be yourself, and embrace things that make that self larger, more thrilling,… — Perry Brass Copy Share Image
I'm the master of my despair, in this world field of sinner's. I, my self was one of them, but as a… — Jerry May Copy Share Image