The self-organizing and self-correcting imprint is on all aspects of reality. So not only was your body formed by this invisible hand,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Being in a kids' show... taught me so much about who I am as an individual, and I learned a lot through… — Olivia Holt Copy Share Image
Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvemen t can have temporary results,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When I was born, the wisdom was that homosexuality was an illness; that it was caused largely by somebody's mother, and a… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Many spiritual seekers who say their wish is to awaken don't actually want what they believe they do. This becomes clear sometimes… — Jan Frazier Copy Share Image
“Even though we think we have individuality, we still have a herd mentality. We often follow the dare-devil knowing that it is… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
I think the Lower East Side inspires me. That whole neighborhood, a lot of the people that I worked with, seeing what… — Luis Guzman Copy Share Image
Wendy Doniger has spent decades collecting not only myths from ancient texts but stories of all kinds from novels, movies, newspapers about… — Roberto Calasso Copy Share Image
“At that time the individual did not exist. There was not an awareness of a distinction between “I” and “you”. The birth… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Views of women, on one side, as inwardly directed toward home and family and notions of men, on the other, as outwardly… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
When you're part of a society where you're constantly having to define your identity and sort of negotiate with what the mainstream… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
“Our daily habits – honorable and dishonorable, noble and ignoble, vital and vile – are revelatory. Our sense of self is fashioned… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“It is all very well to have some internal sense of oneself as an individual, but that sense must correspond to an… — Jerry Z. Muller Copy Share Image
Individualism has come in for an enormous amount of criticism over the years. It still does. It is widely assumed to be… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I wasn't in bands, and had really no intention of ever doing music. I went out to… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
The "female culture" has shifted more rapidly than the "male culture"; the image of the go-get 'em woman has yet to be… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
The male dares to be different to the degree that he accepts his passivity and his desire to be female, his fagginess.… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When you continuously know and sense yourself as the space of consciousness rather than what appears in consciousness - sense perceptions, thoughts,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
“Instead of the concrete individual, you have the names of organizations and, at the highest point, the abstract idea of the State… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing “the most”, meaning that to don a dress,… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
While we tend to equate motherhood solely with maternity, in the Lord’s language, the word 'mother' has layers of meaning...Mothe rhood is… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
To a greater or lesser degree, the project of the self becomes translated into one of the possession of desired goods and… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
“A traveler who had seen many countries, peoples and several of the earth’s continents was asked what attribute he had found in… — NIETZSCHE FRIEDRICH WILHELM Copy Share Image
Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
“The farm is a base of operations–a stronghold. You can withdraw into yourself there. Solitude for reflection is an essential ingredient in… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
“Maybe such questions bothered me so much because they are being asked about me, all the time, within the echo chamber of… — Russell D. Moore Copy Share Image
I mean, I always knew that I was gay, yet this was a time when you were not encouraged to bring that… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've got. And that is the security of… — L Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
In the end, self-indulgence is very much about your ego and your vanity and your own id. The more you can indulge… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
“Among men who rise to fame and leadership two types are recognizable-those who are born with a belief in themselves and those… — B.H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
I've never been a fan of personality-conflict burgers and identity-crisis omelets with patchouli oil. I function very well on a diet that… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
One of Still Lifes many achievements is its paradoxical mix of intensity and stillness. Alexander Longs visions of landscape, identity and "History… — Terrance Hayes Copy Share Image