I made a vow that I wouldn't be tempted by what could happen to me if I went to Europe. I thought,… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
...to be a poet, requires a mythology of the self. The self described is the poet self, to which the daily self… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
When the Christian loses himself, he finds himself, he discovers his true identity. — John Stott Copy Share Image
When one becomes for an instant one's former self, that is to say different from what one has been for some time… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you are in a band for a number of years you loose your identity in a way. You become a part… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
[about being a father] I don't really remember what it was like before. Whatever I had going on, it was bullshit. It… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
When athletes are obsessed with whatever identity niche they've backed themselves into at the expense of showcasing America, everybody suffers. They forget… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will being to reflect your true identity.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meet you own self. Be with your own self, listen to it, obey it, cherish it, keep it in mind ceaselessly. You… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“The self cannot survive without love, and the self, starved of love, dies. The absence of self-love is shame, "just as cold… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy dose of scepticism towards what identity is and what personas are, maybe because of my life journey.… — Arca Copy Share Image
Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“When a person speculates about my identity, it reveals something about their own background and preferences. If the canvas is blank; the… — John Twelve Hawks Copy Share Image
“John Stuart Mill, The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“of other women. Oppression is most powerful when internalized and self-imposed. Self-oppression (knowing your “place”) becomes a passport to acceptance by the… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Now, here is the point about the self: it is insatiable. It is always, always hankering. It is what you might call… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
Some women have 'always' been lesbians. Others, like myself, have 'become' one. As much a sociocultural construction as it is an effect… — Teresa de Lauretis Copy Share Image
“What if reality (as perceived) were simply an extension of the self? Wouldn't that color the way each individual experiences the world?” — David Mazzucchelli Copy Share Image
One of the main foundations of our country is supposed to be that we value individuality, and unfortunately, that seems to be… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Trump has created an atmosphere wherein my sons are questioning their place and identity as Arab Americans and Muslims. — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
“But the self is precisely the integrator; it is the synthetic unity, as Kant said. It is the artist of life. It… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“Self-surrender is essential and by that is meant the confession of personal impotence. “I can of mine own self do nothing.” Since… — Neville Copy Share Image
It’s all risk. And if it isn’t, it needs to be. The real trick is to find the risk that is right… — Jim Krusoe Copy Share Image
“I was a slave to my own darkness, believing in my false created, thought-identified identity so much that it forged what felt… — Andrew Kendall Copy Share Image
We have received a heritage of craftsmanship, of aesthetics, of taste, of identity. Our brands have the beauty to preserve and perpetuate… — Antoine Arnault Copy Share Image
My mama is African American and from Wisconsin. My baba was born in Iran. My parents have stressed the idea of creating… — Yara Shahidi Copy Share Image
The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“As mankind 'matures,' as it becomes more possible to be frank in the scrutiny of the self and others and in the… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Individuality in opinion, or, what is more, in thinking, is simply one with thinking at all; for he who thinks thereby looks… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
“Any naturally self-aware self-defining entity capable of independent moral judgment is a human.” Eveningstar said, “Entities not yet self-aware, but who, in… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
Everyone is on a journey to realize their best selves and their realest selves, and I think that's what creates that community. — Nikita Dragun Copy Share Image
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