I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It's not what you get out of life that counts. Break your mirrors! In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
As we progress along the intercultural journey, we become self-reflective about habits of heart and mind and the ways these are expressed… — H. Ned Seelye Copy Share Image
What is important is to realize that whether we understand fully who we are or what will happen when we die, it's… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
There is no holy life. There is no war between good and evil. There is no sin and no redemption. None of… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Self-righteousness and presumptive moral judgments pose a great danger in the political arena. To become convinced of the divine infallibility of one's… — Jim Wright Copy Share Image
I refused to worry about something I could not change, and I still refuse. Look, I'm like any other woman. All this… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
If you ask a Saudi Imam why women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, he'll say, 'Because Islam demands it.' But that's absurd,… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
While most of our suffering is self- inflicted, some is caused by or permitted by God. This sobering reality calls for deep… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It is fine to imitate a being you respect, but you cannot become that very being. Imitation is something one does to… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught that all life is suffering. We might also say that life, being both attractive and constantly dangerous, is intoxicating… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
You could go church and you could describe your worst behavior, your worst self, and despite your worst behavior you would be… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
No man (sic) has learned to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The deepest hunger in life is a secret that is revealed only when a person is willing to unlock a hidden part… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
After having been lost in the world, suddenly, through the pressure of suffering, the realization comes that the answers may not be… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Do yourself and your family a favor: Decide right now that you will write a self-help book someday. I'm serious. A self-help… — Brendon Burchard Copy Share Image
The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I have a horror of being self-indulgent and wasting time, and there is that risk in doing this kind of work. Are… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
The nice thing about live performance is that I've never, ever been let down. Partly I'm lucky that my audience self-selects itself.… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
We ought not to believe those who today, adopting a philosophical air and with a tone of superiority, prophesy the decline of… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
I'm actively working hard on learning to appreciate yourself no matter what. If what someone else says can easily derail you, it… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
All I can tell you with certainty is that I, for one, have no self, and that I am unwilling or unable… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
My sense is that we may not need the language of innateness or genetics to understand that we are all ethically bound… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Jim Grimsley's unflinching self-examination of his own boyhood racial prejudices during the era of school desegregation is one of the most compelling… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
It is probably true that almost all atheists stand for the values of reason and freethought. I will attempt to put these… — Richard Carrier Copy Share Image
All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The Government honoring our treaties and sovereignty is first and foremost. These issues are still the top priority which [Barak] Obama, if… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The individual man, in introspecting the fact of his own consciousness, also discovers the primordial natural fact of his freedom: his freedom… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
I think having a good life prompts it... anybody who has a good life and looks around them sees the enormous disparity… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
“You won’t fail! That’s the fear in you lying to you. You will succeed! That’s why fear is trying so hard to… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
Born in elevators and supermarkets, Muzak has spread to restaurants, hotels, airplanes, telephone hold services, and waiting rooms. The public-relations experts believe… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when you need… — Kelly Lin Copy Share Image
The highest truth is to delete, not to add. To get rid of the things you believe in now. So empty yourself… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
In the information age, the barriers [to entry into programming] just aren't there. The barriers are self imposed. If you want to… — John Carmack Copy Share Image
Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Even in an intensely mediated world, in a world that offers at least the illusion of radical self-invention and radical freedom of… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I do feel there is a certain amount of distance and apathy that's created when you feel like there's a distance between… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image