The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
During adolescence imagination is boundless. The urge toward self-perfection is at its peak. And with all their self- absorption and personalized dreams… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
I respect everything in change and the solemn beauty of life and death... and therefore, while man is amidst the immense beauty… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
True life is creativity, not development: it is the freedom for creative acts, for creative fire, rather than necessity and the heaviness… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for nothing but money. We are nothing… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others,… — Carlos Gracie, Jr Copy Share Image
The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice… — Dan Inosanto Copy Share Image
