The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of… — Sara Coleridge Copy Share Image
Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
When you love someone absolutely and want them to be their truest self - even though that means losing them in some… — Lucy Boynton Copy Share Image
Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Chanting is a significant and mysterious practice. It is the highest nectar, a tonic that fully nourishes our inner being. Chanting opens… — Swami Muktananda Copy Share Image
We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
“Who doesn’t allow one to attain the ultimate liberation? The pudgal (non-Self complex made up of mind-speech-body). Similarly, what doesn’t let a… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Thorny compositions that sound as if female teen punkers the Shaggs received doctorates in the music of 12-tone composer Alban Berg, and… — Elliott Sharp Copy Share Image
All women are brought up from the very earliest years in the belief that their ideal of character is the very opposite… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us. Love springs up in tender concern, it… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I used to think that if I were a certain kind of person I would spend all my time creating something beautiful.… — Jason Letts Copy Share Image
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons. — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me,… — Maurice Jones-Drew Copy Share Image
The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
“Any fool can criticise, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
The thing about living in a village at the foot of a mountain is that the world for you becomes, without thinking… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
There are people, such as Trump, that want to peddle Bibles, peddle gym shoes, peddle whatever it is. Anything that he can… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
Teenagers have a natural curiosity and are keen to clock up experiences. What they need to be wary of is that some… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
That's what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that's what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for:… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
All service should be regarded as an offering to God, and every opportunity to serve should be welcomed as a gift from… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
I was terrified to be my true self because I felt that it wasn't enough. But I allowed myself to break down… — Hannah Brown Copy Share Image
That's really truly what my message is - finding self love within yourself and not comparing yourself to others - because there's… — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
Shake off the self-pity, shake off the defeat and get ready for God to do something new. He is going to pay… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Love opens the doors into everything, as far as I can see, including and perhaps most of all, the door into one's… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Doubt is a virus that attacks our self-esteem, productivity and confidence. Faith that you and your life are perfectly unfolding is the… — Sean Stephenson Copy Share Image
"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I would turn the question around to people, especially those reporters who wrote some of those articles. Are you advocating our daughters… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
We manifest character when self - sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Emotions are there to enjoy life; but they are not used in self-reflection because they inhibit a proper reflection. They gunk us… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
