The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Memory is the crux of our humanity. Without memory we have no identities. That is really why I am committing an autobiography. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Self as such was not normal ..will be like the Justice, which lost its wings !! Both are rivals for the same man ..” — Hesham Nebr Copy Share Image
As the social self can only be developed by contact with society, so the spiritual self can only be developed by contact… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“Silence is an intimate space where the boundaries between memory and reality dissolve. Let it be an invitation to introspection and to… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Attachment to the false view of the self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities that exist on their own.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“The human capacity for self-deception is very impressive, often showing breathtaking flights of creativity. —Jerry L. Horner, Daniel Seligman Research Associate” — Diana Delonzor Copy Share Image
“A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been… — John Williams Copy Share Image
If taking one-self seriously as a woman means committing to a life of grooming, pumicing, pruning and polishing one's exterior for the… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
“If sankalp-vikalp (all the relative 'I-ness' and ‘my-ness’ that stems from the belief that ‘I am Chandubhai’) happen, then it can be… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“First, we developed the self-model, because we had to integrate our sensory perceptions with our bodily behavior. Then this self-model became conscious,… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
If you are fully aware of your conscience, you will always live a life of hassle free. Accept your full value and… — Kemmy Nolaself Copy Share Image
“All profound changes in consciousness, by their very nature, bring with them characteristic amnesias. Out of such oblivions, in specific historical circumstances,… — Benedict Anderson Copy Share Image
If you awaken from this illusion, and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death - or shall… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“The envisaged self is the next stage in human evolution, and it will be born explicitly from the refusion of experienced spirit… — Monica Sjöö Copy Share Image
All living organisms serve themselves, of course, but through language, we humans have the capacity to rationalize our self-service. — AnuPam Copy Share Image
“Self-stigma refers to the state in which a person with mental illness has come to internalize the negative attitudes about mental illness… — Patrick W. Corrigan Copy Share Image
I came to a clear internal realization that there was nothing I could do as a separated self that would ever fulfill… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
To be an individual is the hardest thing in the world, because nobody likes you to be an individual. Everybody wants to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The food we eat is our identity. The youth of the nation must save our food culture and traditions. If not, it… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
“Character and purpose are directly linked to confidence and conviction. What links them? Courage – to be oneself, no matter what others… — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
For me, having a gender identity that was different from my sex assigned at birth and that wasn't seen by society felt… — Sarah McBride Copy Share Image
President Obama himself has attributed the legitimacy of the Jewish State not to its historic identity as Jewish territory, but to the… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“The degree of Spiritual growth is directly proportionate to the degree of personal freedom; your very own individuality.” — Gian Kumar Copy Share Image
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
I feel lucky to have grown up in a time where self expression and personal identity is celebrated more and more every… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
The happy individual is able to renew daily and with full consciousness all the basic expressions of human identity: work, love, communication,… — Robert Grudin Copy Share Image
There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower. — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Have been single ever since the day I was born... Why should some one attach he/her self to me under the influence… — Akinyeke Akintayo Copy Share Image
“The greatest courage is to love, to reach beyond the self openly, to expand the very idea of self until it is… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only takes on… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
“I am the servant of all great individuals and, alas, of all failures, as well. Those who are great, I have made… — Sean Covey Copy Share Image
I think there is a place where self-awareness becomes self-preoccupation if you don't take what you have discovered and bring it to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate. — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
