“Grand failures – the misfortunes of living – provide human beings with an identity. A person is the sum of his or… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We create our sense of self by merging our fragmented thoughts in a coherent conception of our being.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We develop our whole character from our thoughts, actions, attentive observations, and from the resolute pursuit of our inspirational dreams.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Self-healing requires tremendous action, a willingness to go beyond the normative to discover something transcending.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Self-knowledge, a spiritual metamorphosis, precedes understanding other people and comprehending the beauty of being part of the spontaneous interplay of the natural… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person devoted to attaining self-realization would be foolish to ignore the well-intended advice of people whom care about them. Although it… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing allows a person to explore both physical reality and the internal workings of their mind. Writing places us in touch with… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every person is the master of his or her own destiny. What we think about alters our character. Our character organizes our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life has a tendency to provide a person with what they need in order to grow. Our beliefs, what we value in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person must find the courage to live a complete and full life. We learn to live when we stop being afraid… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We each possess the capacity for self-development. We also possess the capacity for self-destruction. The path that we chose to take –… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“In order to grow sometimes we must cease striving to meet other people’s expectations and begin establishing new goals that develop our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Self-transformation commences with a period of self-questioning. Questions lead to more questions, bewilderment leads to new discoveries, and growing personal awareness leads… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Human beings possess the gift of personal freedom and liberty of the mind. We each possess the sovereignty over the body and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Narrative nonfiction is an act of conception and construction; it is formation of a personal legend from the mist of memory using… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“There are times in life that we ascribe qualities or traits to other people that are inaccurate or fail to recognize other… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Character modification requires active participation in challenging new experiences, but without reflection upon our encounters in life and the purposeful alteration in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The mysteries of life include the external and the internal conundrums that each person encounters in a world composed of competing ideologies… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We alone control our final form through our conscious actions. We become the product of the movement of our mind and our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“None of us commences life utterly alone. We each carry within our granular mass the protoplasm residue of past generations’ ideas, customs,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We can combat existential anguish – the unbearable lightness of our being – in a variety of ways. We can choose to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person does not reach the pinnacle of self-realization without relentlessly exploring the parameters of the self, exhausting their psychic energy coming… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Human history is the ancient story of the umbilical conflict between a lone individual versus a cabalistic society. A love-hate relationship defines… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Disharmony at home or work is toxic to a person’s physical disposition and mental health.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“The emotional ingredients that sustain long-term relationships are kindness, thoughtfulness, and compassion.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Time is inexplicable because it moves – clicks away – at steady increments, while increasing the past and bringing the future into the present.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life, more tenderhearted,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“A person writes similar to how a blind person uses brail. We grope along the palpable corridors of the mind’s organic texture to locate… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“People frequently ask me why I work so hard - prolong hours, infrequent vacations, and never calling in sick or missing work for any… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An ego death… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Witnessing the moonrise each month, a person cannot resist noting a modest sense of optimism tugging at his or her enclosed capsule of bodily… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Attempting to express a person’s objective reality and subjective state of mind with the written word is an endless task because writing alters our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“A person can hurry through or sleep walk through life, but whenever they stop to catch their breath or awaken from a long nap,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“It is up to each one of us to immunize ourselves from any disabling bolts of anger and defend ourselves from the thunderstorms of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
