Every single one of the major world faiths, whether we're talking about Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Darwinism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have all… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity--which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices--what happens is that we begin… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid, and however unpleasant the truth may be, it is better to face it once and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“By embracing our own individuality, we break the mold that confines us.” — Sheila Parker Copy Share Image
“To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I want to try different genres. I think I'll still be looking at a strong female character in the center, and identity… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
The more I identify with the physical factors of my life, the more I become a prisoner to my destiny or the… — Dr BK Satyanarayan Copy Share Image
And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me,… — Erich von Stroheim Copy Share Image
“Last words of wisdom. Whoever you were as a child, she's your future.” — Cherise Wolas Copy Share Image
Looking back at my younger self, that I'm not so different than I am now. I was always a seeker. I wanted… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“Where there is 'doing', the absolute Self (Parmatma) does not exist and where the absolute Self exists, there 'doing' does not.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Maybe I had a 'secret identity,' but then when you think about it, don't we all? A part of ourselves very few… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
There's no thought given to the individual because there aren't any individuals in socialism; everybody's the same. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Who you are, in truth, who everyone is, is whole and perfect and beautiful. And if that can be recognized, then it… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
Your personal boundaries protect the inner core of your identity and your right to choices. — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
I truly believe that if someone is believing a lie about who they are right now, that God's desire for you is… — Matthew West Copy Share Image
“The excellence and efficiency of any nation or of our global community at large is driven by the collective empowerment of individuals.… — Scott Edmund Miller Copy Share Image
I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
We examine everything in existence and we come to see that everything is transitory and temporal, that which is left over is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I don’t belong to Abnegation, or Dauntless, or even the Divergent. I don’t belong to the Bureau or the experiment or the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The self is also a creation, the principal work of your life, the crafting of which makes everyone an artist.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity,… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology. — James Mark Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The self has no inherent, unconditional, absolute existence apart from the network of causes it arises from, in, and as.” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
Thirty years ago, in 1976, the notion of organized activity to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was an… — Robert Brady Copy Share Image
Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth. — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Growing up, my religious identity was primarily one of confusion. Nothing was pushed on me; nothing was overtly offered. — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
“individuals who were more or less happy with themselves, secure in their own souls, usually opened themselves to new friendships. It was… — Noah Gordon Copy Share Image
“Identity negates possibility, denies openness to other life. Identity kills, both metaphorically and very, very literally.” — John Holloway Copy Share Image
In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings… — Mona Sahlin Copy Share Image
“We seemed to share certain ideas about what happens in childhood, when you have to place yourself under the sign of your… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
I believe every actor is trying to create an identity for himself or herself. My first song did that for me. There… — Shefali Zariwala Copy Share Image
