“. . . None of us are born as passive generic blobs waiting for the world to stamp its imprint on us.… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
What the left ends up missing is that politics have always been at the heart of American culture; it's been a white… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I wanted to use my possibility to be an individual, and I suppose I have, no? — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Consciousness of exclusion through naming is acute. Identities seem contradictory, partial, and strategic. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“What is the self? A man goes to the window to see the people passing by; if I pass by, can I… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“I am less and less a creature of influences in myself which operate beyond my ken in the realms of the unconscious.… — Carl R. Rogers Copy Share Image
“Know your self package to the core. Never lose the strength of assets, your values, what identifies and separates you, what makes… — Eveth Colley Copy Share Image
Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Self-worth comes from who we are in Christ, not what we accomplish in this world. — Pete Wilson Copy Share Image
If you're comfortable with yourself-which everyone can get to, to some extent-that's when you start getting into who is your real self. — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
There has never been anything but the Self. There is no world, there is no time, there is no place, there is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All the great people say it was their destiny to be great. Know thyself-you have a destiny to be great. It's coded… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
I don't let a poem go into the world unless I feel that I've transformed the experience in some way. Even poems… — Stephen Dunn Copy Share Image
Things that are very significant and important to you when constructing an identity when you're younger change. — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Was going to make facebook page but couldn't think of a self-description that wouldn't sound pathetic. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves. — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image