We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For my own part, my constant prayer is that I may know the worst of my case, whatever the knowledge may cost… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
We can hardly say that the Pharisees had an accurate ‘knowledge’ of man when they pointed to the sins (the real sins)… — G. C. Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Living authentically means aligning our outer actions with our inner beliefs and desires. It starts with knowing yourself: your values, your likes… — Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World Copy Share Image
Good therapy, gently but firmly, moves people out of denial and compartmentalization. It helps clients to develop richer inner lives and greater… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“It seems like such an amazing predicament to me, how one does not become a better person by seeking out in the… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to… — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“Instead of labelling your emotions as problems to solve, you can see them as signals to interpret. Instead of judging your desires… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love!… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Each of us has something within us which won't be denied, even if it makes us scream aloud to die. We are… — Colleen McCullough Copy Share Image
“The Golden Rule requires self-knowledge; it asks that we use our own feelings as a guide to our behavior with others. If… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Part of the answer is that self-knowledge has never been one of our strong points. To the contrary, even the most elemental… — John A. Sanford Copy Share Image
Careful studies of cases dealing with supposed 'mental disorder' have at times revealed that many thought to be insane or warped in… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“Dear young woman, do not place your sense of beauty and self worth, upon the plastic pedestal called "what other people say… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Our practices - our most spiritual practices - are hanging laundry on the line, raising children, building strong relationships, practicing kindness as… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Poor Oscar. Without even realizing it he'd fallen into one of those Let's Be Friends Vortexes, the bane of nerdboys everywhere. These… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“A few minutes after they left, Harold bought the blanket from his bed, surrounded himself with his stuffed-toy animals, and built a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Self knowledge is a virtue in its own right. We value the way in which people can fulfill their own natures by… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“Among the values of meditation is that it carries consciousness down to a deeper level, thus letting man live from his centre,… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
People are beginning to realize that self-knowledge is not an end in itself. It's for the purpose of better relationships, so that… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
The school of relationships is where you learn self-knowledge. I just don't know how you could learn it sitting alone in the… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
It is part of our pedagogy to teach the operations of thinking, feeling, and willing so that they may be made conscious.… — Mary Caroline Richards Copy Share Image
“What makes people good communicators is, in essence, an ability not to be fazed by the more problematic or offbeat aspects of… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Dear Hunger Games : Screw you for helping cowards pretend you have to be great with a bow to fight evil. You… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“There is in fact a category of people who get unusually close to the truth about themselves and the world. Their self-perceptions… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
“In the months after the relationship ends, a person can seem to grow at a lightning rate, like in a nature documentary… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Self-remembrance is vital to be successful esoterically. It is only in those moments when you remember to do it that an inner… — Belzebuub Copy Share Image
Become aware of internal, subjective, subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
“The idea of original sin--of guilt with no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives--inherently militates against self-esteem. The very… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The process of writing can be a powerful tool for self-discovery. Writing demands self-knowledge; it forces the writer to become a student… — Georg Buhler Copy Share Image
Intercourse is after all man's best teacher. "Know thyself" is an excellent maxim; but even self-knowledge cannot be perfected in closets and… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
The two explorers are given fictional names. But as in real life, they travel to the Amazon roughly a generation apart, in… — Tom Cole Copy Share Image
I found myself desiring and knowing less and less, until I could say in utter astonishment: "I know nothing, I want nothing."… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
