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
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
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
So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the… — Ossian Everett Mills 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
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
People nowadays interchange gifts and favors out of friendship, but buying and selling is considered absolutely inconsistent with the mutual benevolence which… — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
Now. Maybe you think it is arrogant or self centered, or ridiculous for me to believe that God bothered to wiggle a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
When you come from your heart in the midst of your self and in your life, you’ll be like a salmon turning… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
I was aware that I had to pay off things in a convincing emotional fashion, that I had to address the lingering… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
I was uncomfortable because I had never been that nude before. I had never shown my legs, and never shown quite that… — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward. I think the threat of an industry like… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
The Goddess falls in love with Herself, drawing forth her own emanation, which takes on a life of its own. Love of… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath,… — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
For authentic transformation is not a matter of belief but of the death of the believer; not a matter of translating the… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“The self that begins the spiritual journey is the self of our own creation, the self we thought ourselves to be. This… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were perfectly self-controlled.… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
“Byron: The luxuries of this place have made me soft.The metal point's gone from my pen, there's nothing left but the feather.… — Tenesse Williams Copy Share Image
When you talk to a young teenage girl, they're just full of self-loathing. The reason they feel self-loathing is they don't feel… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) has natural and spontaneous forgiveness (sahaj kshama) even for those worthy of punishment; that forgiveness is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The fact that our message and my lyrics can have a positive impact on someone's life is really astounding. It definitely makes… — Beau Bokan Copy Share Image
“As long as anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays – the ones that gives pain to soul) have not gone away, one has not attained vitraag’s… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people… — Mary Matalin Copy Share Image
“But like a boat with a twisted rudder, I kept coming back to the same place. I wasn't going anywhere. I was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
However, when we shift our awareness or "frequency" from self-consciousness - where fear, impossibility or feelings of separation reside - to cosmic… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
“Let today mark a new beginning for you. Give yourself permission to say NO without feeling guilty, mean, or selfish. Anybody who… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I felt like a Tinker toy kid building my own self out of one of those toy building sets; for as she… — James McBride Copy Share Image
Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This… — David Viscott Copy Share Image
Dear, harmless age! the short, swift span Where weeping Virtue parts with man; Where love without lust dwells, and bends What way… — Henry Vaughan Copy Share Image
The selfless love that we give to others, to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them, is all… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. "No matter where you may go, you cannot escape it, for wherever… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures such… — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image
Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-inquiry is a spiritually induced form of wintertime. It's not about looking for a right answer so much as stripping away and… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
If it was really true that predation is God's will, it would have to follow for Christians that the life of Jesus… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
When I'm feeling proud of myself, I should remember to ask myself why I think I am of any value at all.… — John S. Hall Copy Share Image
