“She wanted to leave her noisy questing “self” behind in that pool—not by tumbling in, like Narcissus, but by rising up. The… — Megan Marshall Copy Share Image
I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Justice is always naive and self-confident; believing that it will immediately win once recognized. That is the reason why the forces of… — Vladimir Bukovsky Copy Share Image
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
What's important is to be supportive of all who practice. Anyone on any level, even if they don't call it self-discovery, who… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a glorious pattern for every man's life, an individual, perfect patter. No two people are alike ... No two leaves… — Annalee Skarin Copy Share Image
It seems to me that this whole alone is worthy of the deeper sort of love; and that there is peace, freedom,… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
It don't take a weather man to look around and see the weather, Jeb said he'd deliver Florida folks and boy did… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
When I break My Silence, the impact of My Love will be universal and all life in creation will know, feel and… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
“Death is not the consummation of oneself but just the end of oneself. Before the self vanishes nothing really is, and that… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“I suppose it had something to do with it being a secret, just how much it had meant to me. Maybe all… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Through meditation one discovers one's own light. That light you can call your soul, your self, your God—whatsoever word you choose—or you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Acquisition of knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists in the attainment, thanks to this… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
Learn to live without self concern. For this you must know your own true being as indomitable, fearless and ever victorious. Once… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“After we eat of the Apple of Knowledge, however, all of us start to be aware of ourselves, and our consciousness starts… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
“There's one thing your writing must have to be any good at all. It must have you. Your soul, your self, your… — Elizabeth Ayres Copy Share Image
When I draw it feels very natural - intuitive. I don't think about it, I just do it. My visual vocabulary is… — Arthur Jones Copy Share Image
When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (these two are not the same), anxiety, self-hatred, sense of failure and fear for the… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
Learning how to love your neighbor requires a willingness to draw on the strength of Jesus Christ as you die to self… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
We, especially those of us in depoliticized and pacified societies, need to cast a colder eye at our self-perceptions, now and in… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I know, now, without a doubt that the true source of happiness, self-worth, and authentic beauty doesn't come from the outside. Women… — Stephanie Nielson Copy Share Image
“But when the self—not a fictional character—is the landscape of the story, we can’t afford to be blind to our own themes… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Even if this advice to portfolio decision makers to drop dead is good advice, it obviously is not counsel that will be… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and every thing that… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Let it be ours to be self-reliant amidst hosts of the vacillating — real in a generation of triflers — true amongst… — William Morley Punshon Copy Share Image
Searching for the self when I was entirely alone was hazardous. What if I found not so much a great emptiness as… — Doris Grumbach Copy Share Image
Because you aren't just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend, my best self, and I can't imagine giving… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Imagination is a valuable asset in business and she has a sister, Understanding, who also serves. Together they make a splendid team… — Alice Foote MacDougall Copy Share Image
“Hume, Huxley, and other "immanent " psychologists, tried to identify the conception with a mere generalisation, so making no distinction between logical… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
If the general attitude of Canadians toward their mighty neighbor to the south could be distilled into a single phrase, that phrase… — Bruce McCall Copy Share Image
I wasn't involved in anything. I wasn't out - you know, I know I wasn't in ACT UP. I wasn't with Larry… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I believe the word "infidel" is not particular to any religion. I believe we are all created in the image of God,… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Therefore, teaching, talk and tale, however lucid or fascinating, effect nothing until self-activity be set up; that is, self-education is the only… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The human race is unimportant. It is the self that must not be betrayed.' 'I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“What Althusser does… is to rethink the concept of ideology in terms of Lacan’s ‘imaginary’. For the relation of an individual subject… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Saiyam parinaam (a resultant state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence) is not an activity of the Self. It is an intermediate state. The… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
That the speech of self-disclosure should be translatable seems to me very odd, but I am convinced that it is. The conclusion… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image