Well, my father Kingsley Amis was a writer and it seemed natural to start writing in my late teens. I think it… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The ego, as a collection of our past experiences, is continually offering miserable lines of thought. It's as if there were a… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Adventure is a path. Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The… — Mark Jenkins Copy Share Image
I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
Love yourself. Just love yourself. In fact, the love of the self cures every kind of problem you have with yourself. For… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Get Up! Go out! Do something! But what - what was worth doing? What had any meaning in it? She saw herself… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered with hair.… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is. If you awaken… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
We have been counseled to "seek . . . out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in… — Henry D. Taylor Copy Share Image
I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to… — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
To get past your ego and its defenses you need to get quiet, be brave, and listen to your inner voices…When you… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
I began to go into samadhi, not just occasionally, but every day many times a day until I reached a point where… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
The child is born with a Self but not with an ego. The child develops the ego. As he becomes more and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I read The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and found it incredibly powerful writing. For me as a reader, it was less… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
“What is Self-realization? It is giving up the pretension that you are not the Self, that you are a mere body. People… — Swami Ramdas Copy Share Image
St John of the Cross told us that if a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded, and your brain will be filled with images of you making… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Girls who stay true to themselves manage to find some way to respect the parts of themselves that are spiritual. They work… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
With emotional abuse, the insults, insinuations, criticism, and accusations slowly eat away at the victim’s self-esteem until he or she is incapable… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
I cannot go any further without mentioning my favourite biscuit of all time, now sadly, tragically, extinct. The oaty, crumbly, demerara notes… — Nigel Slater Copy Share Image
Evolution tells us how to survive; art tells us how it's possible still to live even while knowing that we and all… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
To declare in St John's words that Jesus and the Father are one is to claim that Jesus's dependence on the Other… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
America was based on a big promise--a great big one: the Declaration of Independence. When you have to live with that in… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
How did I gain from not remembering my earthly self? It allowed me to go deep into realms beyond the worldly without… — Eben Alexander Copy Share Image
They believe that if they do get published, a wonderful new life is in store. It will turn out that deep down… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The man is a humbug — a vulgar, shallow, self-satisfied mind, absolutely inaccessible to the complexities and delicacies of the real world.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why is self confidence arrogant? Why is self-depreciation considered modesty? I worked my ass off to be able to have a high… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
As we begin to plan for a new human society, we need to foster common values about clean air, water, and other… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don’t be afraid to stand firm on the decisions that you make. Trust… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed ethics. This… — Theodore Beale Copy Share Image
For I wondered that others, subject to death, did live, since he whom I loved, as if he should never die, was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our parents, our tribesman, our authority figures, clearly expect us to be bad or anti-social or greedy or selfish or dirty or… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, no more occasion for war. If this… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
