If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
If you don't do any self-examinations or see a doctor ever, you'll live forever. That's how you do it. The diagnosis is… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You must be willing to examine and explore your dark side. You must acknowledge how bad you can be and how horribly… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“The writing of novels is one of the few ways I have found to approach the altar of God and Creation itself.… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I always find out after the fact that the books I've been writing were actually some sort of therapy, some sort of,… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
“Self-love and compassion for other people commences with accepting responsibility for the harm caused by our own misconduct and by forgiving other… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I don't like and even resist, being broken wide-open. But, when the contents of my unconscious self spill out of me and… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
Of all literary exercitations, whether designed for the use or entertainment of the world, there are none of so much importance, or… — William Warburton 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
Strange, when one thinks of all the other boys, infinite experimental kisses, test tube infatuations, crushes, pseudo-loves. All through this physical separation,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Examine yourself to see whether you have within you a strong sense of your own self importance, or negatively, whether you have… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest dangers on the left-hand path, according to Zeena, is that the initiate often adheres to the need of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregiousof sins… It… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Some of the things you believe were never true. They were someone else's fears. Give yourself a chance to examine your thoughts.… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then shalt thou… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
“There are Tantrics who deliberately seek to do more active forms of renunciation, so transgression of social norms and breaking of taboo,… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination. ... until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
“The only recourse for an escape artist from world affairs is to explore their inner sanctum where hopes, dreams, insecurities, and despair… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. — Balthus Copy Share Image
I'd spent a year and a half without a record deal and had been doing a lot of soul-searching, a lot of… — Lari White Copy Share Image
“The authors challenge that the marriage in which one cannot express disappointment has become an idol – The Thing that Cannot Be Questioned.” — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
The value of a story isn't that it just has a narcotic effect. It's that it awakens something in you that makes… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
“I can't even fathom myself from twenty-four hours ago. I was so busy following my rotten little heart, Disney princess-style. I did… — Stefan Bachmann Copy Share Image
Self-examination is the process of accountability to your soul...It is far better to "become" your truth than to speak your truth. Self-examination… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
To make a covenant with the Lord to always keep His commandments is a serious obligation, and to renew that covenant by… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives for one Week, and setting down punctually… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“There are Tantrics who deliberately break taboos and social norms and then there are other Tantrics who, by means of their practices… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“In order to learn how unreservedly to love other flawed people we must first learn to accept the tattered flag of the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness has to do with waking up and living in harmony with oneself and with the world. It is examining who we… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I like dreams. I think there's a lot of information in them. I spent a lot of time on Jungian analysis and… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
“The evil components of our shadow are the part of us that we deplore, the part of us that we prefer not… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image