Being LGBT is not a choice. It's not about "a sexual proclivity." It's not a "lifestyle," as you put it. It's about… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
“Lately I find myself staring at people’s faces... I find myself frantically searching through the crowds for one face. I don’t find… — Phindiwe Nkosi Copy Share Image
Self is ingenious, crooked, and, governed by subtle and snaky desire, admits of endless turnings and qualifications, and the deluded worshippers of… — James Allen Copy Share Image
The troubles of the 20th century are not unlike those of adolescence -- rapid growth beyond the ability of organizations to manage,… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
We were always in church, and always singing, so once I realized that music was something that I had a knack for,… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“the self of man is identical with the Self of all beings (sarva-bhutātmā) and therefore, with God or Brahman.” — Satischandra Chatterjee Copy Share Image
“It is this outer reach of existential abnegation – the moment where subjective identity deserts itself and becomes enslaved without consciousness of… — Emily Apter Copy Share Image
“There was a way in which my grandmother's true self was not these guests' business; no one's true self was the business… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Teenagers are philosophers. They are thinking about the big things like existence and identity at a time when their identities are changing… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“The Self wishes to create, to evolve. The Ego likes things just the way they are. —Steven Pressfield” — David Kadavy Copy Share Image
I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
It's normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“All that I've done, thought or been is a series of submissions, either to a false self that I assumed belonged to… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
“Using the voice is a physical act, one that first announces the existence of the body of residence and then trumpets its… — Elizabeth Alexander Copy Share Image
Love yourself. Just love yourself. In fact, the love of the self cures every kind of problem you have with yourself. For… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
One of the many, many things I hate about war is how it trivializes the personal. The big themes, the broad sweep,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“To this day, I wake up at times, look in the mirror, and just stare, obsessed with the idea that the person… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“The necessary and needful reaction from the collective unconscious expresses itself in archetypally formed ideas. The meeting with oneself is, at first,… — Carl G. Jung Copy Share Image
There's this large trend - I think the next trend in the Web, sort of Web 2.0 - which is to have… — John Doerr Copy Share Image
Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the… — Faye J Crosby Copy Share Image
Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my experience, and… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
We are all Spirit experiencing a process set up to facilitate its (each Spirit's) understanding of its true identity and, through that… — Ian Gardner Copy Share Image
Someone like myself is not from one place. I am in total identification with the New York, French, and Palestine experience and… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I've not had it easy in the past - there have been developmental record deals fall through, and I had a lot… — Carly Pearce Copy Share Image
Those who have chosen the path of least resistance in life, who cannot bear to bring themselves to make a stern value-judgment… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Self praise is for looser.Always have class & be humble.Self praise reflects low in self esteem & to cover up weakness. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“In those moments of moving through the streets with people who share one's beliefs comes the rare and magical possibility of a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
It's not logical, self-realization. If it was, everybody would be self-realized because everybody is logical. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ability to persevere begins with you, the individual. However, change is rarely easy. In fact, sometimes it is downright formidable. — Paul G. Stoltz Copy Share Image
When you read something, and especially when you're reading compellingly great, that becomes part of your identity, at least while you're reading… — David Ferry Copy Share Image
“No matter how exotic or seemingly different another man is, there's always some reflection of self in another male.” — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
it is all the question of identity. ... As long as the outside does not put a value on you it remains… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
