Love is the natural condition of all experience before thought has divided it into a multiplicity and diversity of objects, selves and… — Rupert Spira Copy Share Image
[Degree in English] gave me a little more self-confidence, to know that I'd managed to complete something like that. — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“Life is what we made out of it's self, to fall into the darkest of them all and to be able to… — Mariny Copy Share Image
Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
What impels every man to the utmost exertion in the service of his fellow man. Is, in the market not compulsion on… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The thing about seeing the big picture and being self-aware is knowing that it's not about you. It's about the big picture.… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“The essence of human life is to come into one’s nature of the Self (Soul), get awakened and remain only in ‘Self’.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Love is - OK, it's 20 things, but it isn't 19. And I think that love reaches for something which is very,… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“The self embodies what the culture believes is humankind's place in the cosmos-- its limits, talents, expectations and prohibitions... There is no… — Philip Cushman Copy Share Image
"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness… — Patricia Aburdene Copy Share Image
The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose,… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
It is a skill we learn early, the art of inventing stories to explain away the fearful scared strangeness of the world.… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“What is moksha (the ultimate liberation)? A change in vision should occur. The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) can help you attain… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Jewish success is due to a culture that promotes excellence, blessed with self discipline, education, dedication and a quest for leaving this… — Nonie Darwish Copy Share Image
“You see how self-love keeps us from knowing our own defects of mind and body. Our reason tries in vain to show… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Why is it, I wondered, that old people are always so self-centered and excitable? But I just smiled benignly and stood back,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Self-acceptance and self-love are important but often misunderstood concepts these days. You should love yourself as a reflection of God’s love and… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
The goal of becoming more consistent with your core authentic self is a much stronger motivator than "I need to lose 30 pounds." — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I think there's a weird self-affirmation thing that happens in popular music in general. It seems like every song I hear on… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God; and, by making you his partner, interests you in all his happiness. — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
“Absence of any kind of worldly unhappiness is the first moksha (liberation). To experience (continuous) natural happiness is the second moksha, that… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
We cannot love others as others unless we possess suficient self-love, a love we learn from being loved in infancy. — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The teaching process is lengthy because there are many, many states of mind to go through. And in each state of mind… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was… — Chris Kattan Copy Share Image
“Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, your attitude and your day. Don’t give anyone that much power… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Envy is like flame which scorches the wisdom of inner self. Envy reflects lack of belief in self. It will eat away… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
We connect the dots in the drawing with our mind. We give them a meaning, a figurative sense, which is self-reflexive in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
I am a bad, wicked man, but I am practicing moral self-purification; I don't eat meat any more, I now eat rice… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
I think it's very interesting that [doctors] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount… — Katy Butler Copy Share Image
We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to turn the page of a magazine and not see anyone like you. It takes a lot,… — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is… — Robert Sternberg Copy Share Image