By His trials, God means to purify us, to take away all our self-confidence, and our trust in each other, and bring… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
If happiness comes at all: which is by no means prearranged; it comes by the way, while you are seeking for something… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
The self is coming from a state of pure awareness from the state of being. All the rest that comes about in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
An artwork should point in more than one direction, not be this sort of placating, self-demonstrating, witnessing element. — Luc Tuymans Copy Share Image
It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
All of the searching, all of the struggling, all of the efforting to find your true self is naturally revealed in open,… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
“We’ are “asang” (the Self is non-attached; free from mind, body, speech). That which does not let you experience ‘this’ is all… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Moksha is not difficult if one meets a ‘Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one]. If one believes that moksha can be attained without… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A two-year-old can be taught to curb his aggressions completely if the parents employ strong enough methods, but the achievement of such… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
Our self (Soul) is maya (an illusion) where it is merely individual and finite, where it considers its separateness as absolute; it… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
All these years you've been searching and looking and trying to change things, trying to add thing onto yourself, trying to acquire… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
Being just yourself means you're unselfconscious in that moment. Or maybe we're all self-conscious to an extent. You meet a pretty girl,… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
What does a life of total dedication to truth mean? It means, first of all, a life of continuous and never-ending stringent… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or the other or both parties to a marriage contract.… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me. The man who… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“When we first believe we think we can do it all; our passion is so strong. But after a time we start… — Hayley and Michael DiMarco Copy Share Image
I think that's what makes a successful marriage: a mindful sense of self and the ability to make clear choices to stay… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it's because you haven't had parents around so you try… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
“Every one of you if first criticizes to own self, and correct the flaws; one will realize and find that nothing remains… — Ehsan Sehgal Copy Share Image
Cult: simply an extension of the idea that everyone's supreme aim in life is self- fulfillment and happiness and that one is… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
It is often easier to justify one's self to others than to respond to the secret doubts that arise in one's own… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays… — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
“You are just as connected to the Universe as a finger is to a hand, or as a branch is to a… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
No wonder the regulators decided on segregation of boys and girls: Otherwise, it would have been a nightmare, this feeling angry and… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair. — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for… — William C. Menninger Copy Share Image
What is there in being able to say that one has dominated the stream in an attitude of self-defense; in proving that… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army,… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The item of clothing that makes us feel powerful is the one that makes us feel confident and self-assured, that magically makes… — Valerie Steele Copy Share Image
Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed of my body and you know everything in the fashion world, if I was vulnerable to it, could drive… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned,… — Mia Hamm Copy Share Image
“Gnanyog (Union with true Knowledge) is the ‘Established Principle’, while Triyog (union with mind, speech and body) is ‘non-principle’.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Any negative comments you receive are invalid and must be ignored at all costs. It's absolutely certain there is something they think… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I have this thing about my own voice on record. No matter what I sing, it sounds really serious, and I sound… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image