I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Our ego is a monster that loves to sit at the head of the table, and I have learned that my ego… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Shuddha Upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is the same as Parmatma Swaroop (embodiment of the absolute Self).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
To go from playing a character that was so self-assured, so mature beyond her years, and so kick-ass and ruthless to someone… — Alycia Debnam Carey Copy Share Image
“Satsang means the path to One's own town, to One's own home! Satsang is the discussion of one's own Self, everything else… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There is only one problem on which all my existence, my peace, my happiness depend: to discover myself in discovering God. If… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
More than his exterior hit me. I felt warm and safe just being with him. He brought comfort after my terrible day.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Twenty-one years ago, when I first heard Mia Farrow had accused me of child molestation, I found the idea so ludicrous I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
I often have to play a role to get what I want in my life. At the same time, I can't do… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Some of us have been hiding, shrinking, betraying ourselves, faking the funk, and playing small for so long that we believe that… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to… — Morarji Desai Copy Share Image
A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their… — Daphne Oz Copy Share Image
Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered —… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The academic mind, as we know, is sometimes capable of assuming an aggressive attitude. The official mind, on the contrary, is and… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
The way you treat yourself sets a parameter how you deserve to be be treated. Never settle for anything less than respect… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
She was clothed entirely in two large swatches of leather, the leather fake and shiny in a self-mocking way, absolutely correct for… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“It is human nature for self-doubt to occasionally creep in and take up residence. It happens to even the most successful people… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My… — Garson Kanin Copy Share Image
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
When you're writing there's a deep, deep level of concentration way below your normal self. This strange voice, these strange sentences come… — John Banville Copy Share Image
Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place. — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away-- This is no time for thee to sleep-- Up, watch, and… — Horatius Bonar Copy Share Image
Believe in some beneficent force beyond your own limited self. God, god, god: where are you? I want you, need you: the… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I didn't think I could be my imperfect self. I pretended I was Marcia, so I was always playing this role. I… — Maureen McCormick Copy Share Image
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
Far from wife and son am 1, far from land and wealth and other notions of that kind. I am the Witness,… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I have a number of proposals how to tackle this issue of self radicalization. I would set up a team exclusively dedicated… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know? — Moby Copy Share Image
Inevitably out of the psychedelic experience emerges not despair, not self-indulgence, but wild-eyed idealism, that's the inevitable product of any psychedelically driven… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man. — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image
