Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The ego is first and foremost a bodily ego; it is not merely a surface entity, but is itself the projection of… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
Technology is neutral. You can use [it] to become frenetic and to go out of your mind. But you can also use… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I think a more complex idea of fiction - and the human self's relationship with the world - emerges when we abandon… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
And by anarchist spirit I mean that deeply human sentiment, which aims at the good of all, freedom and justice for all,… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on… — Frank Serpico Copy Share Image
Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
“It is considered as artadhyan (adverse internal state that results in hurting the self) only when the mind and the Self (Soul)… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Because people's desire to be comfortable supersedes their desire for self knowledge and well being, they avoid any form of discomfort. This… — Ben Stewart Copy Share Image
Alice was scrutinizing my boring jeans-and-a-T-shirt outfit in a way that made me self-conscious. Probably plotting another makeover. I sighed. My indifferent… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
What would you call America's most priceless asset? Surely not its limitless natural resources, not its matchless national wealth, not its unequalled… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits,… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
Many Canadian nationalists harbour the bizarre fear that should we ever reject royalty, we would instantly mutate into Americans, as though the… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
The spirit for me is the eternal self. And when one incarnates, an aspect comes with that incarnation, that's called the soul.… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
The denial of "self" challenges only the notion of a static self independent of body and mind-not the ordinary sense of ourself… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
I did not begin when I was born, nor when I was conceived. I have been growing, developing, through incalculable myriads of… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you're in action. Ask yourself, "Does this go toward or… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths:… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
How can you develop a self-concept linked to your untapped potential? First, you can decide on the kind of life you would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human cultures are all experiments in trying to find a form that will fit the matter of our immediacy; but it is… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
The legs, for example, of that chair--how miraculous their tubularity, how supernatural their polished smoothness! I spent several minutes--or was it several… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
I know that some subjective experiences of sex are very firm and fundamental, even unchangeable. They can be so firm and unchanging… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
But who you are is not a concept in the sky, and it's not a record of you accomplishments either. The most… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
When I work with Women of Faith, I probably talk to anything from 15- to 20,000 women a weekend. They are dying… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
God wants us to worship Him. He doesn't need us, for He couldn't be a self-sufficient God and need anything or anybody,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“I became convinced that I was being watched. Because self was still leaking everywhere, a part of me began to think it… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
Choice! The key is choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
My parents always put more of an emphasis on who I was as opposed to what I achieved. They were never like,… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Getting started, keeping going, getting started again - in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image