To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to, part with applause; or great quickness of discernment,… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Philosophy would do well to desist from issuing any further injunctions about the need to re-establish the meaningfulness of existence, the purposefulness… — Ray Brassier Copy Share Image
The only honorable, desirable kind of fear that shouldn't be feared is the fear of harm on a loved one. It's the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
THE ABILITY OF FINDING SOMEONE THAT COMPLEMENTS UR TOTAL WHOLE BEING (PERSONALITY, GOALS, SELF RESPECT, FAMILY, LIFESTYLE, ETC...) CAN BE TOUGH. EVERY… — Ruben Gonzles Copy Share Image
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
I once lay in a white hospital for the dying and the dying self, where some god pissed a rain of reason… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“No matter how self-aware you are, memoir wrenches at your insides precisely because it makes you battle with your very self –… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I'm beginning to feel that the real endangered species on planet earth are not the whales and the elephants but those of… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
“Odd, though, all these dealings of mine with myself. First I’ve agreed a principle with myself, now I’m making out a case… — Michael Frayn Copy Share Image
“All the subjects of the world can be included in the kashays of anger-pride-deceit-greed. Anger and deceit are the ‘protectors’. They have… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Praise Roxane Gay for her big-hearted self-examining intelligence, for her inclusive and forgiving stance, for her courage and determination . . .… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don't allow themselves to get too comfortable.… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Many things in your life matter, but only one thing matters absolutely.It matters whether you succeed or fail in the eyes of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward some relief… — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
Some people are the best lyricists, got the most gas, but they don't know have the personality or the people skills to… — E-40 Copy Share Image
This is not to say that becoming a father automatically makes you a good father. Fatherhood, like marriage, is a constant struggle… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
To be enthusiastic about doing much with human nature is a foolish business indeed; and, throwing himself into his work as he… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
You can't find intimacy-you can't find home-when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Change is situational. Transition, on the other hand, is psychological. It is not those events, but rather the inner reorientation or self-redefinition… — William Bridges Copy Share Image
The cure to combat the three Ss- stress, strain, and speed- can be found in three Ws- the work of devoted practice,… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In any character you are given to play, be it evil/good/whatever character, you begin with self. You examine yourself and ruthlessly see… — John Kani Copy Share Image
Well, I always tried to look nice and be feminine even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there's no reason to add… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Any system, biological, economic, or social, that gets so encrusted that it cannot self-evolve, a system that systematically scorns experimentation and wipes… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
“Without knowing the essential nature of this (referring to the self), we are trying to make a life outside. That is the… — Sadhguru Copy Share Image
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rational egoism is the only morality that is for human life; thus, it is the only morality that is actually moral. Those… — Craig Biddle Copy Share Image
We go into a relationship looking for love, not realizing that we must bring love with us. We must bring a strong… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Now this spirit is admirably mortified by the exercise of patience. It involves also a continual practice of the presence of God;… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The priestly vocation is essentially a call to sanctity, in the form that derives from the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Sanctity is… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“Time stretches and calms, but still we reach, for we belonged then. We want to know. Sometimes that knowledge is painful, or… — Mark Mustian Copy Share Image
I can relate to girls with self esteem issues because growing up in this industry there is the side of you that… — Naya Rivera Copy Share Image
It is hard to bear with people who stand still along the way, lose heart, and seek their happiness in little pleasures… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
