Because the meaning of a story does not lie on its surface, visible and self-defining, does not mean that meaning does not… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get frustrated with my own self because I'm such a perfectionist. — Keala Settle Copy Share Image
“The Soul [the Real Self] and the Gnan [True Knowledge] are always present in crowds, not in solitude. There is peace in… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
Self-culture has been loudly and boastfully proclaimed as sufficient for all our ideals of perfection. But if we listen to the best… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Acquisition of knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists in the attainment, thanks to this… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I currently perform the most important political duties an American has the responsibility to perform - I experiment in self-government on a… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
It suits my own attitude toward the world and its people to believe that the Raven is this completely self-centered, uninvolved bringer… — Bill Reid Copy Share Image
It gives the guys confidence and self-belief. Two or three years ago I think we would have lost it. The confidence that… — Kieran Crowley Copy Share Image
If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others. — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
To ensure that the self doesn't shrink, to see that it holds on to its volume, memories have to be watered like… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt,… — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, I would get printouts of what was being written about me that week. At first it was… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
For many people, the mortgages they took out before 2008 are so high that they would be better off walking away from… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much… — Noah Porter Copy Share Image
You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Disempowerment - whether defined in terms of a lack of self-confidence , apathy, fear, or an inability to take charge of one's… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Christian art is the expression of the whole life of the whole person as a Christian. What a Christian portrays in his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happiness is self-generated as the mind becomes still. As we become involved with the desires of the world, we lose that centering,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“To become what one is, one must not have the faintest notion of what one is... The whole surface of consciousness -… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were perfectly self-controlled.… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
European democracy was originally imbued with a sense of Christian responsibility and self-discipline, but these spiritual principles have been gradually losing their… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Marxism teaches that exploitation and degradation somehow produce resistance and revolution. It's been hard to say why. What I've learned from women's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“A journey through nature is always a road thatleads to self-discovery.” — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
The Ryan White Care Act provides money for community-based counseling centers. While that may sound noble and compassionate, we know from experience… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image