We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious… — Laozi Copy Share Image
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Nowhere on the planet, nowhere in history, was there a regime more vicious, more bloodthirsty, and at the same time more cunning… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
What has to be given up is not the I, but that drive for self-affirmation which impels man to flee from the… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to have tattoos. I grew up around people who were very tattooed. It's a self-expression thing; it's also helped… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things… — Don Henley Copy Share Image
The self divided is precisely where the self is authentically located. . . We all have identity crises because a single identity… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm,… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Life is an inside-out game. The truth is that all our situations and circumstances have their beginnings in our minds. Our idea… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
Faith can cut in so many ways. If you're penitent and not triumphal, it can move us to repentance and accountability and… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
“you can, in fact, modify your self-talk, and you can learn to not let it interfere with you moving toward your goals.… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Then, you also have that, we all have that sense of wanting to belong. We all have that road-rage, you can relate… — Bostin Christopher Copy Share Image
Eros is an issue of boundaries. He exists because certain boundaries do. In the interval between reach and grasp, between glance and… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
When you practice self-love and self-respect, you give yourself the opportunity to be happy. When you are happy, you become a better… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client. — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
Have a go-to pump up song. Mine is Shakira's 'Waka Waka' from the 2010 World Cup (don't judge). Play it only when… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
God’s grace in saving miserable sinners has been replaced by heretical teaching, such as saying that it is because we are so… — Jay Adams Copy Share Image
Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only way to develop powerful self-confidence is to accept who you are. Everyday practice this. Stop comparing! Speak kindly to yourself! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No self is of itself alone. It has a long chain of intellectual ancestors. The 'I' is chained to ancestry by many… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
“When we let go of the self, we are more inspired to work with others; and when we are generous to others,… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“Don’t do it! Don’t you dare think about giving up! EVERYTHING has a process. Work with the process, not against it. Move… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I don't trust anyone who hasn't been self-destructiv e in some way, and who hasn't gone through some sort of bout of… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
The self-bound individual always forgets that his self would be safeguarded better and automatically the more he prepares himself for the welfare… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
If you're comfortable with someone, you feel creatively free. Whether it's a comedic scene or a dramatic one, you don't feel self-conscious… — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
“They implicitly trust that their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are their own, and fail to recognize that they may be “channeling” someone… — Lisa Firestone Copy Share Image
Sex-ed courses look at girl's internal parts: for boys it's about ejaculation, erection and wet dreams; for girls, it's periods and unwanted… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself. If you will give… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In meditative prayer, one thinks and speaks not only with the mind and lips, but in a certain sense with one's whole… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
For you to be free of your thinking mind, that will cost you the way that you've put your self together. It… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self-confidence… — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions. With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed. It is a yearning… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The idea that we industrialized humans are immune to the natural laws that have restrained growth in other species-and humans in past… — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
