We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me,… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
When you move as openness and softness of heart you’re moving in this life within your self in the same way that… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
As we become more mature we will learn to master the interplay between the past and the present and not be so… — Alvin Lustig Copy Share Image
“Real means elemental (tattva). Relative means circumstantial (avastha). With elemental vision (tattva drashti), the value of circumstances disappears. If the elemental vision… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Remember that Divinity is the true self of Man. It cannot be sold for gold; neither can it be heaped up as… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Gun control advocates need to realize that passing laws that honest gun owners will not obey is a self-defeating strategy. Gun owners… — J. Neil Schulman Copy Share Image
“One has to understand the line of demarcation between the Self and the Non-Self from Gnani Purush (the enlightened one). His explanation… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Growing up in a place that has winter, you learn to avoid self-pity. Winter is not a personal experience, everybody else is… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
When those who give charity do so without any sense of self-satisfaction and without any thought of reward, even a small gift… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
It seems to me that life's circumstances, being ephemeral, teach us less about durable truths than the fictions based on those truths;… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
...losing through you what seemed myself, i find selves unimaginably mine; beyond sorrow's own joys and hopings very fears yours is the… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
Unless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation').… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Jesus was not SELFLESS. He did not live as if ONLY other people counted. He knew his value and worth. He had… — Peter Scazzero Copy Share Image
“But being the mirrors for each other's souls has a cost: by the time they part from each other, the individuals in… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
“unaccountably we are alone forever alone and it was meant to be that way, it was never meant to be any other… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
That girls should not marry for money we are all agreed. A lady who can sell herself for a title or an… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Travel compels you to discover your spiritual side by elimination: Without all the rituals, routines and possessions that give your life meaning… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
More than his exterior hit me. I felt warm and safe just being with him. He brought comfort after my terrible day.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Twenty-one years ago, when I first heard Mia Farrow had accused me of child molestation, I found the idea so ludicrous I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Some scholars argue that although the brain might contain neural subsystems, or modules, specialized for tasks like recognizing faces and understanding language,… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“Control over anger-pride-deceit-greed is known as saiyam. Saiyam, in turn has two parts; in one, there is presence of anger-pride-deceit-greed but they… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Even though sugar was very expensive, people consumed it till their teeth turned black, and if their teeth didn't turn black naturally,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I often have to play a role to get what I want in my life. At the same time, I can't do… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I think that at the time, when I was first pregnant, it was hard to make the transition from being totally self-involved… — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
After sex, men fear too much intimacy; they want to separate again. Women want to talk, to continue the merging, melting fusion… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
“Some of us have been hiding, shrinking, betraying ourselves, faking the funk, and playing small for so long that we believe that… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Relate to a life situation in the deepest sense: not from the standpoint of the ego that bemoans its fate and rebels… — Max Zeller Copy Share Image
All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is free from… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Most relativists believe that relativism is absolutely true and that everyone should be a relativist. Therin lies the self-destructive nature of relativism.… — Norman Geisler Copy Share Image