Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness his self knows… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Copy Share Image
While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I'm super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I'm critical of other people, too… — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that, we never grow, we never learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The one whose ego of doer-ship in the unfolding karma effect (oodai no garva) is gone; he is said to have attained… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibility of the popes. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I think there are different kinds of elites. I think there are venal elites, and self-interested elites, and selfish elites, and I… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
I have never felt any inward assurance of genius, or any presentiment of glory or of happiness. I have never seen myself… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Many of us grow up thinking of mistakes as bad, viewing errors as evidence of fundamental incapacity. This negative thinking pattern can… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
LOVE is essentially self-communicative: those who do not have it catch it from those who have it… No amount of rites, rituals,… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
Rather than attend to a world considered as if it's out there, I have to start to attend to me. That led… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In… — Christian Smith Copy Share Image
Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Adventure is a path...Real adventure - self-determined , self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. — Mark Jenkins Copy Share Image
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
“One has to 'do' for worldly happiness, for material happiness. However, one does not have to 'do' anything for liberation (moksha) or… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Have the self-confidence to say no when it is necessary and the strength to stand alone. Give yourself the approval to love… — Jackie Olson Copy Share Image
We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy. — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
If you do base your life on how many touchdowns you score, how many championships you win, then when you have a… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
Researches reported that they developed a self-healing plastic that repairs itself if cracked. The plastic will change the way airplanes are built… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Mr. and Mrs. Boffin sat staring at mid-air, and Mrs. Wilfer sat silently giving them to understand that every breath she drew… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a… — Irving Layton Copy Share Image
Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Put it down in capital letters: SELF-DEVELOPMENT IS A HIGHER DUTY THAN SELF-SACRIFICE. The thing that most retards and militates against women’s… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The truth about myself? I'm obstinate, self-assured, ambitious and sloppy. I think I lead a quite normal life, certainly with five hours… — Franziska van Almsick Copy Share Image
It takes a tremendous act of courage to admit to yourself that you are not defective in any way whatsoever. — Cheri Huber Copy Share Image
I don't think individual media outlets will regulate. There are such things as self-regulatory organizations that will look at the members of… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
True inner joy is self-created It does not rely on any outer circumstances A river is flowing in and through you carrying… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Self-control is like quietly walking through the trees and calmly trying to find your way out of the forest. Self-mastery is like… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
I think the whole point about self-control, the whole point about willpower, is to help people understand that there are endless self-nudge… — Walter Mischel Copy Share Image
Most people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
As much as everything can seem to be about patterns in your self and others, within the drama of all that, it's… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
