Prior to the advent of the civilization of the Third Estate (mercantilism, capitalism), the social ethics that was religiously sanctioned in the… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Lift up your eyes upon This day breaking for you. Give birth again To the dream. Women, children, men, Take it into… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What’s the point of opening yourself up to your friends if they don’t notice you in your vulnerable state? The point of… — Esther Earl Copy Share Image
In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“When you’re sick and dying, the ego is and should be the first thing to go. I know there’re gurus who teach… — J.R. Rain Copy Share Image
Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
On the other hand, there is a certain advantage in traveling with someone who has a reputation for shooting rather than being… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
“Alas, the social science shows something different and more nuanced. We human beings talk to ourselves all the time—so much, in fact,… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
“There is no means other than Vitaraag Vignan (Science that leads to the absolute state free of attachment-abhorrence) that can give Moksha… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
How can we know ourselves by ourselves? . . . Soul needs intimate connection, not only to individuate, but simply to live.… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
The culture in which you parent, mentor, or educate boys exhorts them to be individualistic and group-oriented at once, but does not… — Michael Gurian Copy Share Image
I made a career goals list for 2017 and it's so funny. I have low self-esteem or something, so I put both… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
“Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people,… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Try new things, step out of your comfort zone, take risks, do things in ways you've never done them before, ask for… — Jen Sincero Copy Share Image
“When does Purusharth (real spiritual effort to progress as the Self) arise? It begins after the Gnani Purush (enlightened One) makes you… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Another thing I've observed is how critical the role of the CEO is when a technology truly is disruptive. In looking back… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Grunge was so self-consciously lowbrow and nonaspirational that it seemed, at first, impervious to the hype and glamour normally applied swiftly to… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
If we must lose wife or husband when we live to our highest right, we lose an unhappy marriage as well, and… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
To become a token woman - whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“The ego is your enemy, not your friend. It is the ego that gives you wounds and hurts you. It is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Marylou was watching Dean as she had watched him clear across the country and back, out of the corner of her eye--with… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
There is part of me that longs to have the back-to-the-earth life - make my own bread, grow my own wheat, just… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a weird creature... I'm self taught and went to a regular film school, not art school, and I… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
“Science’ will destroy Difference of opinion. Full blessed state of the self (Complete Samadhi) prevails through the ‘science’, continuous blessed state of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Lee saw the fireball and head through the roar in his ears Hester saying, "That's the last of 'em Lee." He said,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
It's all about self-discipline. Like, self-obsession is connected completely with self-loathing, and it's the same with, if you've got a weight problem.… — Richey Edwards Copy Share Image
To gain the spiritual ascendancy over ourselves, and the influences with which we are surrounded, through a rigid course of self-discipline, is… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The American journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has written about this in her book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the… — Mark Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Never will we be able to understand our times if we naively 'think' of this system of self Government as the work… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
For Fanon, becoming actional is connected to his idea of a new humanism, which is explicitly critical of European humanism so intimately… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
An awkward consequence of heightening experience when one is inexperienced, of self-transcendence when one has not much world to lose, is that… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
