As Hubert Benoit said, it is not the identification with the ego that is the problem, but the exclusive nature of the… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Failure to deal with the presence of sin can often be traced back to spiritual amnesia – forgetting our new, true, real… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
If we write our laws and design them around the most privileged members of society, i.e., billionaire football team owner, then we… — Simon Tam Copy Share Image
The American culture ideal of the "self-made-man," of everyone "standing on his own feet" seemed as tragic a picture as the initiative-destroying… — Kurt Lewin Copy Share Image
The love of God uplifts and enlarges us. I can never think of myself anymore as exclusively in this body; I feel… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Ironically enough, if the case involves race, and one claims that race is a disqualifying factor, nobody could hear the case. Everybody… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
In the early Buddhist view, then, a persons identity resides not in an enduring self but in his actions (karma)- that is… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
For a long time, we assume we know who we are, until the moment we fully realize who that is; in that… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
In order to learn true humility (I use this expression to describe the state of mind under discussion), it is good for… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
We are using the neurons, our identity, to constantly maintain our identity. Whether you are awake, asleep, or dreaming, this process is… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The individualism of American life, to our glory and despair, creates anger and encourages its release; for when everything is possible, limitations… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
Self-expression is not enough; experiment is not enough; the recording of special moments or cases is not enough. All of the artshave… — Jane Heap Copy Share Image
I'm not attached to a certain scene. There was certain music - and techno was a part of it - that really… — Pantha du Prince Copy Share Image
“One of the most remarkable features to be noted as we survey the scale of animal life is that as we go… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“There's the imperative to keep secrets, and the imperative to have them known. How do you know that you're a person, distinct… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world , individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Drastic change creates an estrangement from the self, and generates a need for a new birth of a new identity. And it… — Michael E. Gerber Copy Share Image
“The Complete Work is essentially dramatic, thought it takes different forms - prose passages in this first volume, poems and philosophies in… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“She: The Final Becoming There comes a moment, one that’s often overlooked or misinterpreted, where the search for identity stops being a… — L. Rose Copy Share Image
“And therefore, all of those for whom authentic transformation has deeply unseated their souls must, I believe, wrestle with the profound moral… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Adolescents, for all their self-involvement, are emerging from the self-centeredness of childhood. Their perception of other people has more depth. They are… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
Operating-room errors hold a special terror for patients, if only because they seem like the most avoidable kind of complications. The occasional… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
When one walks, one is brought into touch first of all with the essential relations between one's physical powers and the character… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“self-actualized person has a strong desire for privacy; vehemently resists enculturation, but always has a freshness of appreciation; and has a genuine… — Wayne W. Dyer Copy Share Image
To have an open self is to provide a free channel for the infinite goodness of God. To have an open self… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
“The power of God is shown, not so much in his creation of the world or in any of his miracles, but… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
The only way for white folks to reclaim the full arc of their humanity, the full trajectory of their ethical content, of… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Who you are is too vast to be captured by the reflection of a mirror, classified by the state of your attitude,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man's reason, his emotions, his nerves, his… — Leonid Andreyev Copy Share Image
When a lot of athletes get done playing, they end up in some really tough positions. They have a hard time transitioning… — Aaron Kampman Copy Share Image
While the secular world pushes woman to find her identity in herself as a sex object, the popular teachings in the Church,… — Leanne Payne Copy Share Image
Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“One of the major problems in the spiritual life is our attachment to our own self-image—either positively or negatively created. We have… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Have you ever truly, keenly felt like you don't know who you are? Do you ever do something and think, Who is… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“The end toward which mankind is inexorably developing by the constant overcoming of internal antagonisms is not the enjoyment, ownership, or use… — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
I think you can see the evolution of me as an artist, and just becoming confident and coming into my own and… — Kevin McCall Copy Share Image
“For everyone now strives most of all to seperate his person, wishing to experience the fullness of life within himself, and yet… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Loving the self, to me, begins with never ever criticizing ourselves for anything. Criticism locks us into the very pattern we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
