Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
A code of ethics cannot be developed overnight by edict or official pronouncement. It is developed by years of practice and performance… — Silas L. Copeland Copy Share Image
Narcissism and Christianity have little in common, yet the Romantic paradigm of artistic creativity, particularly in light of subsequent Freudian ideas, has… — John Walford Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a passion when you're doing it for other people and you're doing it for the people around you making the film… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Self-Made Men are those who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, or friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The masks we wear are simply veils that we have chosen to hide behind in order to get our way, or to… — John Randolph Price Copy Share Image
We are expected to put the utmost energy, of every power that we have, into the service of our fellow men, never… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
All my life I have arrived early only to find myself standing self-consciously on a corner, outside a door, in an empty… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Adolescents swing from euphoric self-confidence and a kind of narcissistic strength in which they feel invulnerable and even immortal, to despair, self-emptiness,… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Let man only approach his own self with a deep respect, even reverence for all that the creative soul, the God-mystery within… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.Imagine… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
When a man in the process of dreaming becomes conscious that he is dreaming, he is no longer identified with the phenomena;… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“This ‘Dada’ gives two paths. To those who find happiness in the worldly life, he gives the path of dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation/to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Real is God, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As young girls we grow up with the idea that life is going to be a bit of a fairytale. But at… — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
“There is a widespread philosophical tendency towards the view which tells us that Man is the measure of all things, that truth… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We thought a magazine, even a self proclaimed literary review, had to be involved in politics. We felt sex was healthy and… — Barney Rosset Copy Share Image
The process of self-healing is the privilege of every being. Self-healing is not a miracle, nor is self-healing a dramatization of the… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
Whatever is the lot of humankind I want to taste within my deepest self. I want to seize the highest and the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“You cannot be aware of yourself, for you are awareness itself. How can a witness witness itself? That is like trying to… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
“We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
This distraction is what one wants, which is very, very bad for the muse, because the muse hates not being in the… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
At one point, for example, [Donald Trump] argued that he knew much more than military leaders about the pursuit and defeat of… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
“You’ have to ‘see’ what ‘Chandubhai’ is doing; that is prurshartha (real independent Self effort). What is illusory effort? ‘What inner intent… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I've never quite felt totally comfortable up on stage. I've gotten more comfortable, but drinking wine is a crutch that gives me… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
The most transformative experiences people have - bliss, devotion, self transcendence - are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adective is often… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
If you live in a past dream, you don't enjoy what is happening right now because you will always wish it to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Tonight the Internet seemed filled with versions of me, like a fun house filled with mirrors. Some of them made me look… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
Our lives can be considered a sacred quest. It is a quest which may have begun in this lifetime or many lifetimes… — Vivianne Crowley Copy Share Image
The very essence of capitalism is under threat as business is now seen as a personal wealth accumulator. We have to bring… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image