Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness within as to who and what we want to be. — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination. — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr Copy Share Image
I like to make people a little uncomfortable. It encourages them to examine who they are and why they think the way… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
I think this is what college is all about: self-examination and dealing with those questions of "Who am I?" — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men,… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
“Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Even a monotonously undeviating path of self-examination does not necessarily lead to self-knowledge. I stumble towards my grave confused and hurt and… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When it's easy, it's great. But when something bad happens is when you really learn. It causes self-examination, it causes you to… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
In an age of constant live connections, the central question of self-examination is drifting from ‘Who are you?’ towards ‘What are you… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
To seek Truth is automatically a calling for the innate dissident and the subversive; how many are willing to give up safety… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
The symptoms and the illness are not the same thing. The illness exists long before the symptoms. Rather than being the illness,… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Jim Grimsley's unflinching self-examination of his own boyhood racial prejudices during the era of school desegregation is one of the most compelling… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our… — 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
Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Necessity demands that one should carefully examine who it is that comes to the position of spiritual authority; and coming solemnly to… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
I see what you mean. It must be a huge relief, and an easy way out, to think the devil is always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In Demons of the Flesh, Zeena describes how Shiva and Shakti are actually ‘two sides of the same deity’. The goal of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“It is ultimately the ebony of our pain, our blackest monuments, which lead us to seek an enlightened way of living. We… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
“This scroll is my personal obituary, a journal that documents my time toiling on this rocky orb. I labored to say who… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Recounting the narrative of our personal story in a methodical and chronological manner helps us see our life in a historical perspective.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I remember the sad case of a very godly man whom I knew who had two daughters who were the most excellent… — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
“In order to tell you a story about who I am and why I am here, I must spend a little time… — Annette Simmons Copy Share Image
“... intellectuals seemed to think that their life - the life of the mind, the endless self examination, the continuous autobiography afflicted… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Transcendent Oneness does not require self-examination, self-help, or self-work. It requires self-loss. — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
My wish is that all all women age 20 and above perform monthly breast self-examinations. — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
