“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“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 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
“Because man is born a rebel, he is unaware that he is one. His constant assertion of self, as far as he… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“If there is God, then the will is all his, and I cannot get out of his will. If not, the will… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Because a God who is ultimately most focused on his own glory will be about the business of restoring us, who are… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Give me the old familiar walk, postoffice and all, with this ever new self, with this infinite expectation and faith, which does… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Those who know in their hearts that they are not really necessary -- and are entirely replaceable-- must inevitably be tempted to… — Charles le Gai Eaton Copy Share Image
The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
“Who you are is too vast to be captured by the reflection of a mirror, classified by the state of your attitude,… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
God has nothing to say to the self-righteous. Unless you humble yourself before Him in the dust, and confess before Him your… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
To have an open self is to provide a free channel for the infinite goodness of God. To have an open self… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
“self-actualized person has a strong desire for privacy; vehemently resists enculturation, but always has a freshness of appreciation; and has a genuine… — Wayne W. Dyer Copy Share Image
All suffering is caused by the illusion of separateness, which generates fear and self-hatred, which eventually causes illness. You are the master… — Barbara Brennan Copy Share Image
People are judged continuously everywhere on the most intimate level by the prices on their head. Most of them accept the judgment.… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
Embracing and rejecting tradition, bound and liberated by faith, torn between obscurantism and reason, self-assured and self-critical, they were a kaleidoscope of… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
