“Self-knowledge, a spiritual metamorphosis, precedes understanding other people and comprehending the beauty of being part of the spontaneous interplay of the natural… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“[L]ife is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We humans are a hungry lot. We are driven by a craving to know who we are. Yet who we are is… — Calvin Miller Copy Share Image
“You don’t need to wait for someone else to notice your talents before nourishing them. You don’t need others to accept you… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
The green prehuman earth is the mystery we were chosen to solve, a guide to the birthplace of our spirit, but it… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Self-love and compassion for other people commences with accepting responsibility for the harm caused by our own misconduct and by forgiving other… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Most perfect self-understanding is the capability to directly (immediately) transcend dilemma, all problems, all seeking. — Adi Da 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
My hope and my prayer for people would be to find and gather themselves such that their self-understanding, their willingness to act… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
Advocates of psychiatric drugs often claim that the medications improve learning and the ability to benefit from psychotherapy, but the contrary is… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
Science fiction, because it ventures into no man's lands, tends to meet some of the requirements posed by Jung in his explorations… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
But finding a voice-let's be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
“The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Those who have chosen the path of least resistance in life, who cannot bear to bring themselves to make a stern value-judgment… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
When you act on your impulses to play, when you are open to the possibilities in each moment, you replace your fears… — Sandra Magsamen Copy Share Image
Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Therapy really did prepare me to become an empathic songwriter. As far as advice goes, it's a matter of self understanding first. — William Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
Science can only be comprehended epistemologically, which means as one category of possible knowledge, as long as knowledge is not equated either… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image