The marvels of God are not brought forth from one's self. Rather, it is more like a chord, a sound that is… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are… — Bessel van der Kolk Copy Share Image
I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Dare yourself to believe in your creativity, wherever it may lead you. Trust that where it leads, is exactly where you're supposed… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The glance is natural magic. The mysterious communication established across a house between two entire strangers, moves all the springs of wonder.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
“The self that is self we imagined we were our whole lives. But we were never that self, not really. We were… — Cecil Baldwin Copy Share Image
The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this… — Ronald Takaki Copy Share Image
To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible,… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Old photographs are very deceiving, they give us the illusion that we are alive in them, and it's not true, the person… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
It's easy to pretend 'to be fierce and fearless because living your truth takes real courage. Real fearless and fierce women admit… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
What I will say is that what I have learned for myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else; and… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
“You ironically have to have a very strong ego structure to let go of your ego. You need to struggle with the… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The Gettysburg Adress has been included, of late, in several anthologies of poetry. It actually meets the major requirement of all poetry:… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Good therapy, gently but firmly, moves people out of denial and compartmentalization. It helps clients to develop richer inner lives and greater… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“It is knowledge (gnan) indeed that runs everything. All the actions (kriyao) are actually carried out by the knowledge (gnan). The result… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
As Christians learn how self-styled Jews have spent millions of dollars to manufacture the 'Jewish myth' for Christian consumption and that they… — Benjamin H. Freedman Copy Share Image
A letter is not a dialogue or even an omniscient exposition. It is a fabric of surfaces, a mask, a form as… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The first kiss ideally signals rapture, exchange of hearts, and imminent marriage. Otherwise it is a kiss that lies. All very crude… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Living authentically means aligning our outer actions with our inner beliefs and desires. It starts with knowing yourself: your values, your likes… — Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World Copy Share Image
There was a warmth of fury in his last phrases. He meant she loved him more than he her. Perhaps he could… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
'Being green' is commendable, but I hope that people don't take too much pride and self-adoration because they shut off the water… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
“That was with me for years--feeling I wasn't myself. And I do think I wasn't my real self then. Of course, I'm… — Ryū Murakami Copy Share Image
Man must have results, real results, in his inner and outer life. I do not mean the results which modern people strive… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose… — Paul Bailey Copy Share Image
I cannot prove to you that God exists, but my work has proved empirically that the pattern of God exists in every… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I… — Charles Kimbrough Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
“She discovered that underneath the aspect of the Rumpled Porcupine, a tortured Marxist was at war with an impossible, incurable Romantic -… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
True art and true science possess two unmistakable marks: the first, an inward mark, which is this, that the servitor of art… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The self...can split off from itself without being less. You are not a mini self, an adjunct to some super-being, never to… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence! Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting. Especially as an actor, you have to know yourself really well in order to do… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
There's great sadness and life doesn't work out like you would want, on a lot of levels, but there's no need to… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
Number one, we need to get in shape, number two we need to shoot, number three, we need to learn self-defense, and… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
