In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Constancy, far from being a virtue, seems often to be the besetting sin of the human race, daughter of laziness and self-sufficiency,… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
What is self? Self is the mind viewing itself. That's all. The mind stops viewing itself and turns towards infinity. There is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. 'I am' is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Every waking moments we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thoughts we communicate to ourselves, in turn… — John Lembo Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find… — Bruce Barton Copy Share Image
“When we perceive the stars, the stars are the object of our perception—they exist within us. When we perceive the ocean, the… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed "ecstasy," not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I was thinking that I should be content to kiss him until the break of day. Bertrand ran out of kisses too… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
It is impossible to restore the sustainable societies of indigenous and aboriginal peoples. But the values they embodied - careful stewardship of… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
The cognitive functioning of a human brain depends on a delicate orchestration of many factors, especially during the critical stages of embryo… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
In the beginning war looks and feels like love. But unlike love it gives nothing in return but an ever-deepening dependence, like… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Only idiots and infants need things. The language of needs is the native tongue of socialists, therapists, and paternalists of all sorts… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Taking photographs seems to be a means to express some kind of emotional, abstractive narrative. I look at the images that I'm… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I've experienced several different healing methodologies over the years - counseling, self-help seminars, and I've read a lot - but none of… — Lindsay Wagner Copy Share Image
Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and… — Walter M. Miller, Jr Copy Share Image
Anger is remembered pain, fear is anticipated pain, guilt is self directed pain, depression is depletion of energy. Cure-return to love& joy — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Just as the self of the human being is the centerpoint of the plurality of manifestations of his life of soul, so… — Valentin Tomberg Copy Share Image
The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring. — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
...Competitive Skaters must be prepared for a lot of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly,… — Oksana Baiul Copy Share Image
The stakes are so high because auditions are make or break. You get the job or you don't. The stakes are about… — Madeline Zima Copy Share Image
I didn't feel self conscious 'cause my sisters and I all had thick brows, and by the time I got to the… — Sabrina Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. Just be bold, be… — Usman Aman Copy Share Image
I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“Do not ever get involved in clashing with anyone’ – this is the biggest key to go to moksha (ultimate liberation).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I try to act like I don 't care but deep down inside I know you know I m just trying to… — Sikhwetha Maanda Stanley Copy Share Image
“One can carry out the vyavahaar (the relative; worldly interactions) only to the extent of one's intrinsic nature.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the proletarian movement. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
“I will be” is a confession that “I am not “ The Father's will is always “I AM.” Until you realize that… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
It's the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends… — John J. McCloy Copy Share Image
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Life may be defined to be the power of self-augmentation or assimilation, not of self-nurture; for then a steam-engine over a coal-pit… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image