I grew up thinking you're either a winner in the world, or you're not. I presumed I was not. I had no… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl' in the show or the movie. On 'Friday Night Lights' there were a… — Connie Britton Copy Share Image
“There is no way you can share your inner self because you are an object of contempt to yourself. When you are… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“The truth is, it's really only okay to be yourself if that self is within an accepted range of 'normal'.” — Stacey Kade Copy Share Image
If sophistication is a matter of being in control of our primary reactions, we may now be sophisticated. At least we shall… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bonds, society perishes.” — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Individuals who speak languages other than English, who speak patois as well as standard English, find it a necessary aspect of self-affirmation… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Buddha is someone with a very advanced self-concept. His self-esteem is perfect; he has gone beyond doubt; he knows, and he is… — Joy Manne Copy Share Image
I think being an only child created in me a degree of self-reliance, which I'm glad of. It made me perfectly happy… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
One should arrive at leading one's conscience to a state of development so that it becomes the voice of a better and… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Existentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
She began to be reassured by these pains, tangible symbols of her success in becoming thinner than anyone else. Her only identity… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
“Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of ‘our’ own… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Critics stopped being relevant when they stopped writing to inform and contextualize, and when they started writing to signal who they are,… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
“The characteristic feature of contemporary literary radicalism is that it rarely addresses the question of its own determination by the conditions of… — Aijaz Ahmad Copy Share Image
“Oneness and individuality coexist. There is no question about the importance and uniqueness of each individual life. However, difference is no difference.… — Gyomay M Kubose Copy Share Image
“The wolf did not ask for permission. It waited until Gabriel’s desire opened the door. Not with courage. Not with dignity. But… — Valon G Copy Share Image
“At dawn, I sail far from every shore to drain my cup in the sea, barring a bead I keep, tucked close… — Saif Sidari Copy Share Image
My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear — a care-woven garment that protects me… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
