None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his… — James Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I think therapy is a rather misguided notion of capitalist societies whereby the self-indulgent examination of one's life supersedes the actual living… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
The everyday, familiar sense of self who lives in time, and that dimension which we've called presence, that is always here, that… — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic--which was what all… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Thr principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbit; rivers make… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
If you just go out there and run 100 miles, it breaks down a lot of barriers in terms of self-imposed limitations. — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“No good can come from beating ourselves up for falling down—for feeling unhappy when we want to feel just the opposite.” — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem! — Gloria Gaynor Copy Share Image
Elisa Albert in a nutshell: funny, self-aware, and genuinely fearless that she might be a lunatic, or a genius, or both. — Emily Gould Copy Share Image
Alice was scrutinizing my boring jeans-and-a-T-shirt outfit in a way that made me self-conscious. Probably plotting another makeover. I sighed. My indifferent… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Besides justifying the transfer of wealth to kleptocrats, institutionalized religion brings two other important benefits to centralized societies. First, shared ideology or… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“The woman I was yesterday, introduced me to the woman I am today; which makes me very excited about meeting the woman… — Poetic Evolution Copy Share Image
To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self). — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes.… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
On waking from the dream, we see that birth and death, the sense of self, other - all of these things fade… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Fear tell you that you're just existing on your own; faith reminds you that you're living and have a Father who cares. — Author Michael Mbuko Copy Share Image
For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“You do not have an existence independent of your environment, but rather you are your environment, and your environment is you.” — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility, I think whatsoever thy hand… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
I was focused before - obsessed, really - with the appearance of perfection. But what did that ever bring me but pain?… — Cheryl Rainfield Copy Share Image
