The original sin is not that we are inherently flawed, born sinners, or imperfect; the original sin is that we do not… — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
There are very few self-made millionaires, if any, who have not taken risks which would make the rest of us unable to… — Dominic Lawson Copy Share Image
The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
If you awaken from this illusion, and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death - or shall… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited. — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
There is no self-interest completely unrelated to others' interests. Due to the fundamental interconnectedness which lies at the heart of reality, your… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I have had to give up so much, so many selves and lives already. I have grown up and out of the… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others,… — Carlos Gracie, Jr Copy Share Image
I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and… — Kevin Malarkey Copy Share Image
We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
And I don't see that popular measures, self-abnegation and democracy have done anything for Man but push him further into the mud.… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I would love to meet Martin Luther King. His fearless attitude, leadership, and self-awareness changed our world. — Zulay Henao Copy Share Image
Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. Instinct is a lifesaver for sharks and entrepreneurs alike. Most people can… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
“Mental peace is mental wealth. Mental wealth is a “temporary adjustment”. Peace of the Self (Soul), is the wealth of the Self… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I think I possess because I do not try to give, Trying to give, I see that I have nothing.” — René Daumal Copy Share Image
I understand maybe some people are more impressionable than my hard, cynical self, but maybe they need to figure out how to… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
My 'awakened dreams' are about shifts. Thought shifts, reality shifts, gender shifts: one person metamorphoses into another in a world where people… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
I consider fitness, diet, and beauty to be essential to a balanced self. — Hannah Bronfman Copy Share Image
It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
