Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The evolutionary struggle for survival is really a self-serving series of blows and stabs, and yet it can lead to extremely social… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Without excuse and self-consideration of health or limb or life, true soldiers fight, live to fight, love the thickest of the fight,… — William Booth Copy Share Image
We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned… — Barbara De Angelis Copy Share Image
I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
For a long time now, every meeting with another human being has been the reverberations after even the simplest conversation. But the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The demand of the loveless and the self-imprisoned that they should be allowed to blackmail the universe: that till they consent to… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Dysfunctions can occur in each of the self-regulatory subfunctions-in how personal experiences are self-monitored and cognitively processed, in the evaluative self-standards that… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
I've used Twitter now and again to try to figure something out; it's an amazing resource. But I think you have to… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The problem a lot of writers have is that they really, really enjoy people saying, "You're brilliant." They let their self-perception be… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Sometimes when we're feeling sad, it's important just to feel the sadness. Like a snake shedding its skin, old feelings of remorse… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Inner resilience and the ability to bounce back are personal qualities. ... Align yourself with someone who has this kind of resilience… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The principles of logic and mathematics are true universally simply because we never allow them to be anything else. And the reason… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing… — Daniel Bell Copy Share Image
The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It's the hardest thing to do to persevere and work hard and work for it because things are going to get in… — Uriah Hall Copy Share Image
“Equanimity is when abhorrence does not arise during the circumstances of abhorrence and attachment does arise during the circumstances of attachment.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do… — Montgomery Clift Copy Share Image
There are three stages in the revelation of truth. The first is to be ridiculed, the second is to be resisted and… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
It appeals to the higher nature of the self to put aside food which once lived - I do not consider myself… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Your self is your pure consciousness, which flows as it likes. Your personal self is the way you perceive yourself and the… — The Unthered Soul Copy Share Image
The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Whether you are a medical doctor or a chiropractor or another type of healer, life has a challenge that you have to… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
“We develop a sense of self by coming to see ourselves in the reflections of how others see us - what they… — Jacqui Stedmon Copy Share Image
There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you self-sabotage, you undermine yourself and act in ways that dishonor your mind, body and soul, and ultimately weaken you.” — Tanesia Harris Copy Share Image
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
It's all about self-esteem now. Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves. If everybody grows up with high self-esteem,… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear,… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Forget about trying to stabilize the personal sense of Self. It is inherently unstable. See that the Self watches this. — Mooji Copy Share Image
How was I able to live alone before, my little everything? Without you I lack self-confidence, passion for work, and enjoyment of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Trump's "Make America Great Again" program trumpets a national identity built on scapegoating, self-pity and grandiosity, and the promise of a strongman. — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen… — Lionel Blue Copy Share Image
Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself. To me it's that… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends … if you [have] five, you’re a rich man…. — Thomas J. Stanley Copy Share Image