“The authors challenge that the marriage in which one cannot express disappointment has become an idol – The Thing that Cannot Be Questioned.” — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“I can't even fathom myself from twenty-four hours ago. I was so busy following my rotten little heart, Disney princess-style. I did… — Stefan Bachmann Copy Share Image
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. — Balthus Copy Share Image
Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Self-examination is the process of accountability to your soul...It is far better to "become" your truth than to speak your truth. Self-examination… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Examine yourself to see whether you have within you a strong sense of your own self importance, or negatively, whether you have… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
Strange, when one thinks of all the other boys, infinite experimental kisses, test tube infatuations, crushes, pseudo-loves. All through this physical separation,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest dangers on the left-hand path, according to Zeena, is that the initiate often adheres to the need of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
To make a covenant with the Lord to always keep His commandments is a serious obligation, and to renew that covenant by… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
“Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness has to do with waking up and living in harmony with oneself and with the world. It is examining who we… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives for one Week, and setting down punctually… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“The evil components of our shadow are the part of us that we deplore, the part of us that we prefer not… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I like dreams. I think there's a lot of information in them. I spent a lot of time on Jungian analysis and… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
“Zeena Schreck believes that the right-hand path and the left-hand path have traditionally had the same end goal; it is only the… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
Buddhism doesn't really have much time for political mass-movements. We are so trained to think of politics in terms of acting collectively,… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“There exists a universal order that we each play a distinct role in carrying out. Light always struggles to emerge from darkness.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A certain amount of native skill and training can allow many individuals to be fairly successful magicians, achieving a surprisingly high ratio… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
If you know yourself, then you'll not be harmed by what is said about you. — Sufyan al-Thawri Copy Share Image
I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes. — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the difficulty. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Transcendent Oneness does not require self-examination, self-help, or self-work. It requires self-loss. — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Some of the things you believe were never true. They were someone else's fears. Give yourself a chance to examine your thoughts.… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination. ... until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I'd spent a year and a half without a record deal and had been doing a lot of soul-searching, a lot of… — Lari White Copy Share Image
The symptoms and the illness are not the same thing. The illness exists long before the symptoms. Rather than being the illness,… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
“Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister current is to break… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
What does a life of total dedication to truth mean? It means, first of all, a life of continuous and never-ending stringent… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
You must be willing to examine and explore your dark side. You must acknowledge how bad you can be and how horribly… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are Tantrics who deliberately break taboos and social norms and then there are other Tantrics who, by means of their practices… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“In order to learn how unreservedly to love other flawed people we must first learn to accept the tattered flag of the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“In Demons of the Flesh, Zeena describes how Shiva and Shakti are actually ‘two sides of the same deity’. The goal of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image