“The only barrier to Self-realization or enlightenment is the ego. The ego is the false identification with names and forms. Once this… — Akshay Kulkarni Copy Share Image
There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
“If we live in a world of states, and if out-of-state existence is impossible, then we all must live as national citizens.… — Wael B. Hallaq Copy Share Image
“Life is an island in an ocean of solitude and seclusion. Life is an island, rocks are its desires, trees its dreams,… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
“I am for the artist, who is more alone than he looks. I am not for the reformer, who is always active… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
First of all, "no self" doesn't mean there is no self, haha. So the "no problem" is jumped at a little too… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
I've always been into computers. When I was getting out of high school and forming my identity musically, all of it was… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Self-development is the only thing that keeps a person from burning out. We all have many needs - the need for certainty,… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
“With self-denial and economy now, and steady exertion by-and-by, an object in life need not fail you. Venture not to complain that… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
If the anti-Christian agenda will say, 'Here's your identity, you're an evolved amoeba who ought to just go do whatever you want… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
“It had not occurred to him how he must appear to an outsider, to the world. For a moment he saw himself… — John Williams Copy Share Image
“I am grown, with children of my own. But inside I am still a daughter. A daughter is a woman who remains… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“But no-one came here to live an ordinary life. Despite what our somnambulistic, mythless society society tells us — a place stuffed… — Thea Euryphaessa Copy Share Image
“You can base your identity on a thousand things — the degrees you’ve earned, the positions you hold, the salary you make,… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
Symbols give us our identity, our self image, our way of explaining ourselves to ourselves and to others. Symbols in turn determine… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Everyone makes a difference. Someone who does something for others makes a big difference. A person who has no self-interest to do… — Anuj Copy Share Image
“My emotional life: dialectic between craving for privacy and need to submerge myself in a passionate relationship to another. With him I… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Immaturity is the inability to act in your own long-term best interest or consistent with your deepest values. As aforementioned, self-awareness is… — Chip Espinoza Copy Share Image
When each citizen submits himself to the authority of law he does not thereby decrease his independence or freedom, but rather increases… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
In conscious life, we achieve some sense of ourselves as reasonably unified, coherent selves, and without this action would be impossible. But… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Running is the classical road to self-consciousn ess, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
When individuals are established in universal consciousness, they live the scientific reality of the unity of life spontaneously in accord with all… — John Hagelin Copy Share Image
“That which does not affect or obstruct anyone is called the Self. It does not obstruct even ignorance! Ignorance obstructs It, It… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When I'm on the operating table, I'm happy for the surgeon to treat me as a machine, but the moment I return… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
Why would one's identity be a matter of feelings? I think that that's a misuse of terms, philosophically. Identity is mind independent.… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“Complaining and reactivity are favorite mind patterns through which the ego strengthens itself. For many people, a large part of their mentalemotional… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
As you watch your mind, you discover your self as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Individualism • The first of these practical philosophies is individualism. When most people today are faced with a decision, the question that… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
It was measured that the splinters of the Armenian nation that had managed to miraculously escape the Genocide would not be able… — Serzh Sargsyan Copy Share Image
“People love walking around with labels attached to them by others or labels they give themselves. They are prisoners of roles they… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
I've learned through the years how to base my identity and sense of self-worth on myself and not others. I've learned the… — Amy Chan Copy Share Image
“After getting the body to fast, We [as the Self] should remain in Our upayog (applied awareness of the Self). The purpose… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
For a human being, to possess a consciously experienced first-person perspective means to have acquired a very specific functional profile and distinctive… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
“The politics of trans-identity seeks to move from the _politics of singular identity_ to the _politics of multiple solidarities_ across various identities… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
The more frequently you allow the Self to manifest, greater the possibility of it being active for longer duration. In due course,… — Dhruva Bhargava Copy Share Image
“The path you walk is unique and needed. There is no other like yours. On your path you experience love, joy and… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
“Your body of work is everything you create, contribute, affect, and impact. For individuals, it is the personal legacy you leave at… — Pamela Slim Copy Share Image
“Polarities of the 'authentic' vs. the 'inauthentic' are easily discernible in recreational modes. The criteria of authenticity are not necessarily objective but… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image