It is true, Monsieur," Raoule went on, shrugging her shoulders, "that I have had lovers in my life as I have books… — Rachilde Copy Share Image
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is not the same thing as ego. This is not to say that the two don’t (frequently) dance hand in hand… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
The characteristic property of hallucinogens, to suspend the boundaries between the experiencing self and the outer world in an ecstatic, emotional experience,… — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
I Give My Self Away So You Can Use Me I Give My Self Away So You Can Use Me I Search… — Out Spoken Copy Share Image
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We have a habit of turning to scientists when we want factual answers and artists when we want entertainment, but where are… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Some writing is a really nice solitary process, in a way, because you can be a little self-conscious around other people. If… — Marketa Irglova Copy Share Image
The name, his true name, was weaker and more flawed than he would have liked, and he hated himself for that, but… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
He loved possessions, not masses of them, but a select few that he did not part with. They gave a man self-respect.… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
In terms of talking about what our politics has become, it now seems as if Barack Obama is starting to stand outside… — Gloria Borger Copy Share Image
“Um um um um um. This business of—this business about marketing yourself, there’s nothing wrong with that. Unless we’re allowed to think… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Hobbes and other modern political philosophers defined man as a lump… — George Will Copy Share Image
The farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control. My heart aches for America and its deceived… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“When we look at a tree, we do not see the tree for what it really is. We see how it appears… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is a world class liar. Just look at her pathetic email server statements, or her phony landing - or her… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When a caterpillar spins its cocoon, it goes through a transformative process and then emerges as a butterfly. Similarly, when we go… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
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No man (sic) has learned to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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Women from earliest times have been used as conveniences of communication with unseen, inaccessible powers, but always in the sense that such… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If the goal is to realize the Supreme Being, you should become egoless. That requires self-effort. The sadhak should work hard. He… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
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A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned… — Alvin R. Dyer Copy Share Image
Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“What is samkit (enlightened view; right belief)? One has to realize the complete authoritative power, and accept everyone’s worldly authority. People abuse… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent… — Adi Shankara Copy Share Image
“Self-Portrait at Twenty" I stood inside myself like a dead tree or a tower. I pulled the rope of braided hair and… — Gregory Orr Copy Share Image
To penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery-back, back down the old ways of time. Strange and wonderful… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
There are many reasons for violence. This is just something that sometimes happens. We'd see it in treatment centers - the child… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Our large trading cities bear to me very nearly the aspect of monastic establishments in which the roar of the mill-wheel and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
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People are beginning to realize that self-knowledge is not an end in itself. It's for the purpose of better relationships, so that… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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