“Two hallmarks of Homo Sapiens are decoration and self-identification.” — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
Everyone has different identities and different characters that live within them. — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
“Everyone was fucked up in their own way; as before, it was a mark of one’s individuality.” — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity. — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
“Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.” — Rob Liano Copy Share Image
See If You Can Give Yourself Gifts That May Be True Blessings, Such As Self-Acceptance — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and… — Petek Kabakci Copy Share Image
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
We should be exploring consciousness at the neural level and higher, where the arrow of causal analysis points up toward such principles… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“The self is undone before the impossibility of naming: all the previously known names and essentialist categories representing the world and the… — An Yountae Copy Share Image
“First and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered By self is, of all things. the most shameful and objectionable.” — Plato Copy Share Image
If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity.… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
In this post-post-racial, post-Obama era of resurgent populism and Balkanized identity politics, it really does feel as though it matters - and… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Finally, it is wrong to say that "nothing" is more basic to the identity of the church than suffering. Nothing is more… — Keith A. Mathison Copy Share Image
There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Those who have overcome self-will and become instruments to do God's work can accomplish tasks which are seemingly impossible, but they experience… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“Inexorable self, carried like the superfluous and tiresome piece of luggage which it is impossible to lose; franked with the customs’ stamp… — Anna Kavan Copy Share Image
“The frightened individual seeks for somebody or something to tie his self to; he cannot bear to be his own individual self… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Bowlby's conviction that attachment needs continue throughout life and are not outgrown has important implications for psychotherapy. It means that the therapist… — Jeremy Holmes Copy Share Image
Acts of antisemitism move us backwards, further from our collective goals, and further from cultivating a community wherein everyone can feel as… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image