“We may take it that the world is undoubtedly itself [i.e., is indistinct from itself], but, in any attempt to see itself,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are days when that dark face is something I can think of as a friend – a primal energy that carries… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
We need from every man who aspires to leadership-for himself and his company-a determination to undertake a personal program of self-development. Nobody… — Ralph J. Cordiner Copy Share Image
Before games are played in common, no rules in the proper sense can come into existence. Regularities and ritualized schemas are already… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
During the latency years, American children need experiences that promote academic talents, a sense of responsibility, and most important, a belief that… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
In a world full of danger, to be a potentially seeable object is to be constantly exposed to danger. Self-consciousness, then, may… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Newness only becomes mere evil in its totalitarian format, where all the tension between individual and society, that once gave rise to… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
We are identified with the ego, and with the ego there are many things: anger and hatred and jealousy and possessiveness and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Through the eclipse of large areas of the self, by repression and inhibition as well as by idealization and externalization, the individual… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I can imagine nothing more wonderful than always wanting to keep a man. It's this NOT wanting to keep them, and yet… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every man is his own man. You can be dependent but only up to a certain extent. Never blame anyone when things… — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
This it is that gives a majesty so pure and touching to the historic figure of Christ; self-abandonment to God, uttermost surrender,… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
Writing is a process and you must trust the process! Fear and anxiety are part of that process along with the enthusaism… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Man is so great that his greatness appears even in the consciousness of his misery. A tree does not know itself to… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It seemed to Alabama that, reaching her goal, she would drive the devils that had driven her - that, in proving herself,… — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
The apartment was entirely, was only, for her: a wall of books, both read and unread, all of them dear to her… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Optimism is a tonic. Pessimism is poison. Admittedly, every businessman must be realistic. He must gather facts, analyze them candidly and strive… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
This is our challenge at the beginning of the twenty-first century - we need to find the courage to see our own… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Gandhis idea of swadeshithat local societies should put their own resources and capacities to use to meet their needs as a basic… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I care little in the existence of a heaven or hell; self respect does not allow me to guide my acts with… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth onely in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose… — John Donne Copy Share Image
Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else.… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. .… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects of the society - the city with… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
Self-Esteem Creates Natural Highs. Knowing That You're Lovable Helps You To Love More. Knowing That You're Important Helps You To Make A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and thereby increase… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image