It's only recently that we've discovered that the artist's inner self is somehow more important than the public world. I'm happier to… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“A balanced inner calmness radiates from a peaceful centre. It neither craves others' approval nor rejects others' presence. It neither pulls towards… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
You are meant to judge physical reality. You are meant to realize that it is a materialization of your thoughts and feelings… — Seth Copy Share Image
“All that we can do with any spiritual discipline is produce within ourselves something of the silence, the humility, the detachment, the… — James Finley Copy Share Image
Do not tell me what to do, tell me what you do. Do not tell me what is good for me, tell… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Since I was a little kid, everybody was paying so much attention to what I looked like, not what I was feeling.… — Fabio Lanzoni Copy Share Image
“To be loved and to love, takes courage. To be fully seen is incredibly rare and breathtaking. We lower our masks and… — Carolyn Riker Copy Share Image
“When you are being tested from every angle, why, with no apparent cause. Look inwards. stand up for yourself.. it's something you… — Virginia Toole Copy Share Image
“A man on his deathbed left instructions For dividing up his goods among his three sons. He had devoted his entire spirit… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Then there were her rules, rules that stated quite clearly that he was a ‘no-go’ area. She drew a deep breath and… — Khul Waters Copy Share Image
“To love is not to possess, To own or imprison, Nor to lose one's self in another. Love is to join and… — James Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
After a time I found that I could almost listen to the silence, which had a dimension all of its own. I… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Do you like flowers, Lady Eleanor?" It was him speaking. Lord Blunt. Asking her opinion on something, of all things. It was… — Megan Frampton Copy Share Image
The process of inner self-examination brings about a knowledge that is as rigorous and supported by evidence as anything science has to… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
“It is a pity that the beautiful Christian metaphor “salvation” has come to be so hackneyed and therefore so despised. It has… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“It sometime is so amazing to know, how the most ordinary day turns so extraordinary, in a flash of second. And depending… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
It can take years of tears to melt the hardness that develops in this world, covering our tender, gentler inner selves. Tears… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Is the Enjoli Woman in Therapy? As a teenager, I was fascinated by a commercial that advertised a particular brand of perfume.… — Jane Jenkins Herlong Copy Share Image
“Tensions and muddles might be irritating, but they can allow us to explore the deeper levels of our inner selves. We can… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Lies come in many forms, ranging from slight exaggerations and likely excuses to complete fabrications. Their primary motivations are self-protection and self-exaltation.… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“Rituals can be reliable safeguards, but plot twists in the theatre of our life should not freak us out. If we are… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Butterfly There is beauty both inside and outside of the cocoon that pushed you to grow Through darkness and dysfunction, depth and… — Christine Evangelou Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton said it was actually dangerous to put the Scriptures in the hands of people whose inner self is not yet… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Never being on the shortlist of people’s attention may arouse a sensation of desolation but may, all together, be an expectant challenge… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“From a yogic perspective, good health starts within. All yogic practices help to keep your skin healthy and radiant. The beauty industry… — Ntathu Allen Copy Share Image
“We should rest content with nothing, however good it may seem or be, so that, when we find ourselves under pressure or… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
“Everybody tries to protect this vulnerable two three four five six seven eight year old inside, and to acquire skills and aptitudes… — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
“I hope you forgive the unedifying sight of my struggle to express some of the truths of my inner self and to… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“As we advance in the spiritual life and in the practice of systematic self-examination we are often surprised by the discovery of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sant Mat (the path and teachings as taught and practiced by saints) delineates the path of union of soul with the Divine.… — Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj Copy Share Image
[He] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor yet the elect marked by… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image