For me, having a gender identity that was different from my sex assigned at birth and that wasn't seen by society felt… — Sarah McBride Copy Share Image
“The gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Attachment to the false view of the self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities that exist on their own.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The human capacity for self-deception is very impressive, often showing breathtaking flights of creativity. —Jerry L. Horner, Daniel Seligman Research Associate” — Diana Delonzor Copy Share Image
All living organisms serve themselves, of course, but through language, we humans have the capacity to rationalize our self-service. — AnuPam Copy Share Image
“Self-stigma refers to the state in which a person with mental illness has come to internalize the negative attitudes about mental illness… — Patrick W. Corrigan Copy Share Image
I came to a clear internal realization that there was nothing I could do as a separated self that would ever fulfill… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
“The greatest courage is to love, to reach beyond the self openly, to expand the very idea of self until it is… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“I don't wish to inhabit the world under false pretences. I'm relieved to have discovered my identity after being so confused about… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
“On the surface, we are all different. We ascribe to a variety of belief systems, attain our identity from various stories, get… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
You see, proteins, as I probably needn't tell you, are immensely complicated groupings of amino acids and certain other specialized compounds, arranged… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“I am doing' is referred to as parparinati. To believe any results of the non-Self (parparinam) to be one's own, is parparinati.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The individual woman is required . . . a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and… — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
“Here I dare to be myself. I don't see why it should ever be again be important to me what I wear,… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only takes on… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
Have been single ever since the day I was born... Why should some one attach he/her self to me under the influence… — Akinyeke Akintayo Copy Share Image
I think there is a place where self-awareness becomes self-preoccupation if you don't take what you have discovered and bring it to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“I am the servant of all great individuals and, alas, of all failures, as well. Those who are great, I have made… — Sean Covey Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined to enlightenment in this life. You have no idea. This is an illusion of selfhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate. — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
I feel lucky to have grown up in a time where self expression and personal identity is celebrated more and more every… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
“The degree of Spiritual growth is directly proportionate to the degree of personal freedom; your very own individuality.” — Gian Kumar Copy Share Image
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
The happy individual is able to renew daily and with full consciousness all the basic expressions of human identity: work, love, communication,… — Robert Grudin Copy Share Image
There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity. Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower. — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail. — George Soros Copy Share Image
“Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Your imagination must, to some extent, be found in a realm beyond reason because it begins with imagining a future reality: the… — Richard Schoch Copy Share Image
Where do these images comes from and where do they return? What is it that projects these images? How is it that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The idea of what forms your identity and whether you fit in as one thing or another is something that we all… — Vick Hope 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
The self is our life's goal, for it is the completest expression of that fateful combination we call individuality. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We are so defined by how people see us. We're a very materialistic culture. We're a very image-driven culture. What if that… — Christine Baranski Copy Share Image
I believe so many people live what I call that false identity they are living according to other people's expectations, associations, their… — Paula White Copy Share Image
Our uniqueness is what makes us common. It is the same fact that we are unique that we as individuals have in… — Morena Baloyi Copy Share Image
Self-realisation means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can… — Swami Paramananda Copy Share Image