I think a toxic message in a lot of Christianity has been that the self has to be annihilated in order for… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The Self then functions as a union of opposites and thus constitutes the most immediate experience of the Divine which it is… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
I really recognized a part of myself - my true self as a child - in performances like Val Kilmer and Nicolas… — Greta Lee Copy Share Image
I created 'The Westerner' because of anger - anger at never-miss sheriffs, always-right marshalls, whitewashed gunfighters ... anger at TV's quick-draw tin… — Sam Peckinpah Copy Share Image
The church doctrines of obedience to authority, repentance, fear of punishment, self-abnegation, acceptance of outer direction rather than inner assurance, elevation of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“We seem to be unable to resist overstating every aspect of ourselves: how long we are on the planet for, how much… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Perfect self-expression will never be labor, but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play. — Florence Scovel Shinn Copy Share Image
Wisdom is the most-sought intellectual degree whose subjects are regularly learned throughout life with an open mind in an open university called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The Self is infinite. The Self is eternal. You are that Self. Beyond words, thoughts, ideas, forms and belief systems. There is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think 60 is when many people hit their prime. We elect many of our presidents in their 60s. At that age,… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
Hopefully I've shown them (fellow cyclists) you just need some self-belief and that you need to take your destiny into your own… — Jens Voigt Copy Share Image
We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Maybe we spend most of our decades being someone else, avoiding ourselves, maybe a man is only himself, his true self, for… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
... the histories of Blacks and Jews in bondage and out of bondage, have been blood histories pursued through our kindred searchings… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
The black church often has reinforced certain self images that are damaging to black peoples' beauty, black peoples' confidence. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I'm continuing to peel away all these layers of shame and finding more and more freedom and confidence and just being able… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him. — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Keep a journal, and learn how to see how you as an individuals sees information so you can learn your own sign… — John Edward Copy Share Image
I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I seek him, root my values and desires in him, when I found my relationships and sense of self on him,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If any man would come after me, let him deny himself." The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
People say when you're in love, you don't need etiquette. Well, you need it then more than anything. Or they say, "At… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Before you start doubting yourself, take a look at your life from the past up to now. You see all the bullshit… — Epifania Savea Copy Share Image
Without Self-confidence there cannot be God. So, first there must be Self-confidence and love of God. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
That's exactly how I felt. So getting to suddenly know this young [princess] Margaret, who had this extraordinary life - it was… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world… — Phil McGraw Copy Share Image
I don't think that either self-deprecation or self-aggrandizement is among the defining qualities of an artist... Beethoven could have been forgiven if… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image