“We are like waves in the ocean, each with a unique character and quality on the surface, but deep down we are… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
The process of writing can be a powerful tool for self-discovery. Writing demands self-knowledge; it forces the writer to become a student… — Georg Buhler Copy Share Image
I try to look at the evolution of these utopian claims. In the late '60s there was an assumption that the wealth… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Yet the love we experience through other people is just a shadow of love of the inner-self. There is a sublime place… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The long fight to save wild beauty represents democracy at its best. It requires citizens to practice the hardest of virtues--self-restraint. Why… — Edwin Way Teale Copy Share Image
The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Yes, yes; you’ve read thousands of books but you’ve never tried to read your own self; you rush into your temples, into… — Bulleh Shah Copy Share Image
My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The highest, most decisive experience is to be alone with one's own self. You must be alone to find out what supports… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others.… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
After a while, we start really believing these things are true. People who have had self-defeating behaviors for a long time, such… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“Finding an access to the ‘open public space’ is the challenge that really matters in life. We may know that everyone might… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“When we step outside ourselves and stop being merely subjective witnesses, we can recognize how the relentless cut and thrust of our… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“To constantly remain in the intent [by conviction] of the 'real viewpoint' and the 'relative viewpoint' is absolute Knowledge (keval Gnan). The… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Managing our emotions increases intuition and clarity. It helps us self-regulate our brain chemicals and internal hormones. It gives us natural highs,… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
You can't fight human nature. Ego is going to get the best of everyone. You're going to think you can trust someone… — Julie Chen Copy Share Image
“How good it felt to be alone, stacking blocks. That's what came to him again, a kind of weight solidifying in his… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had a dream that you were certain was real, only to wake up and realize that everyone and everything… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
I had two competing ambitions when I was a child: I wanted to be a Scientist and Discover Great Things, but I… — Suw Charman-Anderson Copy Share Image
Even the wealthiest professional woman can be "brought down" by being in a relationship where she longs to be loved and is… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If all of your self worth and esteem is invested in how much you consume, how many likes you get, or other… — Larry Harvey Copy Share Image
Over time, years of meditation gave me glimpses of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all life. I experienced that on one level… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no truer sign that a man is really advancing than that he is learning to forget himself, that he… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
'All the gods are one god and all the goddesses are one goddess, and there is one initiator.' The one initiator is… — Doreen Valiente Copy Share Image
“Strangers are never seen through a window. When our eyes are cast upon another, we are in fact gazing into the depths… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in… — Laurance Labadie Copy Share Image
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Only under conditions of revolutionary crises do you have the highest level of self-organization; this is the Soviet type of organization, which… — Ernest Mandel Copy Share Image
“The Rule really is: be kind to yourself when you do muck things up. Be forgiving and accept that it's all part… — Richard Templar Copy Share Image
I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Pedagogy is not about training, it is about critically educating people to be self reflective, capable of critically address their relationship with… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The act of taking my own life is not something that I do without a lot of thought. I don't believe that… — Wendy O. Williams Copy Share Image
(God) gives the weak a weapon for self-defense that the strong, despite his military and nuclear arsenals, can do nothing against. There… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
There are many paths through the Ring of Life. They are a constant movement toward self-fulfillment through growth of your mind, expansion… — Frosty Wooldridge Copy Share Image