A spiritual kingdom lies all about us, enclosing us, embracing us, altogether within reach of our inner selves, waiting for us to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling to the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Where have we come as a country, when loving the Constitution, being a patriot, loving Jesus is extremist? Let me tell you… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens… — Stanley Krippner Copy Share Image
If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Real joy is becoming exceedingly rare among artists of any kind. And I have an idea that those who can and do… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Submitting self to God is the only real freedom-because the deepest slavery is self-dependence, self-reliance. When you live your life believing that… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's… — S. D Gordon Copy Share Image
It seems to be the special peculiarity of human beings that they reflect: they think about thinking and know that they know.… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
It's better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
It is this capacity for relentless self-criticism that should be - everywhere - the true measure of intellectual freedom and cosmopolitanism, not… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“The one with form (sakaar; self) will have to be made formless (nirakaar, Self). The Self is formless. However, opinions about it,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
Kant regards the universalizability test for maxims as focused on a very special sort of situation: one where the agent is tempted… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The ego is a subtle wall around you. It does not allow anybody to enter into you. You feel protected, secure, but… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Being a rock musician is already like ego-tripping hardcore. You're self-consumed, and you're always thinking. It's really easy to say, "I'm going… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good… — Chester A. Arthur Copy Share Image
A lover cannot be chosen a la smorgasbord. A lover has to be chosen from soul-craving. To choose just because something mouthwatering… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
Let your invocation be the all-embracing Name, which is Allah, Allah, Allah, or if you so wish, Huwa, Huwa, Huwa; and do… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love...Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in… — Lucy Parsons Copy Share Image
Intense asana practice - too much, too soon - can have detrimental effects. It can also promote a dissociation from the personal… — James Fox Copy Share Image
Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I also believe that when people are going through difficult situations in life... it causes them to search a lot more. They… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Can we get out of this system something good for us? We could, if we were united with an intelligent self-interest that… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Ultimately, work on self is inseperable from work in the world. Each mirrors the other; each is a vehicle for the other.… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
We all want to be stars. The idea of being revered and envied must be encoded somewhere deep in our DNA. So… — Tonya Hurley Copy Share Image
If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
As a warning to parents, I mention that my father preferred me to my brother, which was very injurious to both of… — George Muller Copy Share Image
Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
An incipient Mother Man has always inhabited my deeper self; creativity has always been my companion ... I have tried to express… — Augusto De Luca Copy Share Image
The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If a woman says, I am getting these breast implants to gain self confidence, then I have to ask, What kind of… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Before I got here, I thought for a long time that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it… — John Green Copy Share Image
But there was escape, too, even in those days, for there was Whistler living in the grey mists with a faded orange… — Mark Tobey Copy Share Image
If you want to find weapons of destruction, you can find them all over the place. Take, say, Israel. There is a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Viewed from the distance of the moon, the astonishing thing about the earth, catching the breath, is that it is alive. ...… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
When it comes to achieving your dreams, the excuse "I don't know where to start" is no longer valid. Between the countless… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
