So all that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or modern essayist, describes to each reader his own… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The biggest hindrance to the missionary task is self. Self that refuses to die. Self that refuses to sacrifice. Self that refuses… — Thomas Hale Copy Share Image
I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as… — Hakuin Ekaku Copy Share Image
“Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Lying damages others. Lying subtly permits us to destroy ourselves as we are caught in the snare and shatter our own self-image… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don't necessarily have… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Do you deny it?” Grimani persisted. “That you went to Marchese Rinaldo's room to ask him about your notebook?” “Deny it? Only… — Kate Ross Copy Share Image
The meaning of self-esteem is to feel lovable and capable. As parents, we must love our children unconditionally and give them a… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love, and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition, no matter how ancient or impressive-it… — Toni Packer Copy Share Image
It's going to have to come to a point where politicians in their own political self-interest think it's safe and advantageous to… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
As the last Seelie left the hall, Roiben, self-declared King of the Unseelie Court, nearly fell into his throne. Kaye tried to… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Self-culture has been loudly and boastfully proclaimed as sufficient for all our ideals of perfection. But if we listen to the best… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
What right do we have to claim, as some might, that human beings are the only inhabitants of our planet blessed with… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
Love is spiritual. It's about self-sacrifice and commitment. And discipline. You cannot have true love without discipline and respect. When you lose… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Wherever there is attraction, there is delusionary attachment (moha). Maintain pure awakened awareness of the Soul (shuddha upyoga) where there is attraction.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Each moss, Each shell, each drawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who fram'd This scale of beings;… — Benjamin Stillingfleet Copy Share Image
I was always empathetic with animals. It's a terrible and self-involved point of view that we do something because someone else is… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
To read your own mind is to look at your self and read your soul. Hatred becomes love and that is the… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
We make butterflies by feeding caterpillars, not by trying to paste wings on them. Kids need to like themselves the way they… — Louise Hart Copy Share Image
Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
That way of life against which my generation rebelled had given us grim courage, fortitude, self-discipline, a sense of individual responsibility, and… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Effective self-government cannot succeed unless the people are immersed in a steady, robust, unimpeded, and uncensored flow of opinion and reporting which… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
It is implicit in the self that the self will automatically evolve if you can dissolve it. It re-patterns itself after archetypal… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed. — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
A Separation Sociology produces a Separation Pathology, pathological behaviors of self-destruction, engaged in individually and collectively, and producing suffering, conflict, violence, and… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
If you just develop your psychic ability and don't learn psychic self-defense, you become more sensitive, open, and vulnerable. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's no set designer like your own self; you furnish the mise-en-scène, the wardrobe, the physical proportions of the actor, and the… — Norman Corwin Copy Share Image
Individual character is in the right that is in strict consistence with itself. Self-contradiction is the only wrong. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Give up smoking. Don't get so fat. So much illness is self-induced - which I can't stand. And I'm not a good… — Anton du Beke Copy Share Image
“If she’d learned anything about herself over the years it was that self-doubt inevitably led to self-destruction.” — Amanda Stevens Copy Share Image
Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone’s privacy,… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
