Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome: for it is a pit… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
There are certain jobs I don't take because I feel no connection to the person. But if somebody is open with me,… — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as… — James Woods Copy Share Image
“The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.” — Floriano Martins Copy Share Image
If we have not struggled/as hard as we can/at our strongest/how will we sense/the shape of our losses/or know what sustains/us longest… — Kay Ryan Copy Share Image
To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Love and Loyalty If ever men and women are their simplest, sincerest selves, it is when suffering softens the one, and sympathy… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? -… — Thales Copy Share Image
If [being confident stems from] a self-esteem issue, it's important to embrace the things you might define as so-called imperfections - because… — John Slattery Copy Share Image
Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication.… — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your… — Phylicia Rashad Copy Share Image
What is self-control? It is nothing but a highly developed vital sense, dominating and regulating the mere appetites. To overlook the very… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Life is invisible. The illusion is that what we perceive is in some way not a reflection of self. Life reflects the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don't, you experience a sense of helplessness, paralysis, and depression-which is… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
I detest violence. I have a tremendous respect not only for human life but also for the animal life that I have… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness,… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
Hitler had a plausible case to argue when he claimed that the Anschluss was only the application of the Wilsonian principle of… — Alan Bullock Copy Share Image
Actors, who should pride themselves on their singularity, are forever trying to be someone else. It isn’t necessary for you, the actor,… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Subjectivity is my middle name, a trick memory is my pack mule, and self-contradiction is my trusty old jackknife. — Luc Sante Copy Share Image