How can the mind be so imperfect?" she says with a smile. I look at my hands. Bathed in the moonlight, they… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
So-called real life has only once interfered with me, and it had been a far cry from what the words, lines, books… — Cees Nooteboom Copy Share Image
Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one… — Kurt Tucholsky Copy Share Image
Your discovery, as best as I can determine, is that there is an alternative which no one has hit upon. It is… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all. — Thich Thien-An Copy Share Image
Rationalization is a cover-up, a process of providing one's emotions with a false identity, of giving them spurious explanations and justifications -… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As one passion begins to fail it is necessary to form another, for the whole art of going through life tolerably is… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I had been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
In the concert of nature it is hard to keep in tune with oneself if one is out of tune with everything… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The fear for oneself, that one can do something about. Upon it one can turn the light of awareness. But when one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only way to escape misrepresentation is never to commit oneself to any critical judgement that makes an impact - that is,… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
It is difficult to know oneself, but it isn't easy to paint oneself either. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
The necessary thing is after all but this; solitude, great inner solitude. Going into oneself for hours meeting no one - this… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Our German language has a word which in a magnificent way denotes conduct based on this spirit: doing one's duty [Pflichterfüllung]-which means… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I have changed nothing, my style of play is still that of a child. I know that above all it is my… — Lionel Messi Copy Share Image
I used to wonder why people should be so fond of the company of their physician, till I recollected that he is… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Until one acknowledges the genius within oneself, one will have great difficulty recognizing it in others. — David R. Hawkins Copy Share Image
If you are willing to take an instant to withdraw attention from whatever your internal dialogue is, to withdraw energy from whatever… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
Much of the research on the Nazi era makes a science out of distancing oneself from it or conjuring its demons. The… — Gotz Aly Copy Share Image
