The refusal to be creative is an act of self-will and is counter to our true nature. When we are open to… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
If I could look back at the seeds of faith, they were planted back then. I remember in my early teenage years… — Patricia Mauceri Copy Share Image
An independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
And I've come to the - to the - to the place where I believe that there's no way to solve these… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Let what you give come through you rather than from you. There is no lack this way. Be truly unconditional in what… — Robert Holden Copy Share Image
To continue to condemn only brings condemnation, then, for self. This does not mean that self's activity should be passive, but rather… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Oil platforms are a technology for floating permanently on the high seas, and cruise ships are a technology for self-governance on the… — Joe Quirk Copy Share Image
We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Self-reinvention is an essential trope of the American project, closely linked to another such trope: going on the lam. Both are regularly… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
“Where indeed is the happiness in this worldly life? These are illusory beliefs. That is why ‘we’ openly say that, “The happiness… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There's a tendency for adults to label the math that they can do (such as identifying patterns, choosing between competing offers in… — Robert Eastaway Copy Share Image
Narcissism is actually a clever guise adopted to mask its exact opposite, which is a deep well of self-loathing, a well of… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Most people are shaped to the form of their culture because of the enormous malleability of their original endowment. They are plastic… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
My mandalas were cryptograms concerning the state of the self which was presented to me anew each day...I guarded them like precious… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Enjoy it - making music is a wonderful way to spend your life.. but do it for the love before a career… — Nigel Godrich Copy Share Image
The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit.… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off… — John Cena Copy Share Image
There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
“Think of the self that God has given as an acorn. It is a marvelous little thing, a perfect shape, perfectly designed… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Clary felt suddenly annoyed. "When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
'WHEN two lovers are making love, and if they are both no-selves, nothingness, then a spontaneous pleasurable sensation happens. Then their body… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I used to be someone who would not even tread on an ant. But this is a war for honor and self-defense.… — Abdullah Ocalan Copy Share Image
The first thing Islam does is to destroy the self image of the believers. It convinces them that without Islam they are… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
“We must all allow ourselves the fantasy of projection from time to time, a chance to clothe ourselves in the imaginary gowns… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I sense that, without sensitivity to physical pain and pleasure, man would not have known self-interest, and consequently know just or unjust… — Jonathan Balcombe Copy Share Image
The embodied self is the same person who woke to the world in a burst of visonary immediacy, who soon found that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;… — Laozi Copy Share Image
No, I don’t have to tell a soul about this, I promised myself. When you are a kid, you don’t know yet… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
The Fathers of the Church can well afford to preach the gospel of Christ. It contains nothing dangerous to the regime of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
EVERYONE RUNS IN THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR ATTITUDES ALONG WITH FINANCIAL EFFORTS FOR THEIR FAMILY AND FOR THEIR NEAR AND DEAR ...BUT… — Sudhakar Copy Share Image
An important distinction can be made between religion and spirituality. Religion [is] concerned with faith in the claims to salvation of one… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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