Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and… — Desiderius Erasmus 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
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
“The 'pure' (shuddha) state is on the opposite shore to the 'auspicious-inauspicious' (shubha-ashubha)state. There is no 'sense of doership' (kartabhaav) there. If… — Dada Bhagwan 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
The only disadvantage to directing if you've been an actor is how self-conscious you are. When I'm directing, I'm always so aware… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man… — Sydney Madwed Copy Share Image
That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Self-doubt can be an ally. This is because it serves as an indicator of aspiration. It reflects love, love of something we… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us… — Banksy Copy Share Image
Yes, our enlightenment process is coming, but now it's about accepting our own imperfection as a human being, and through that we… — Christine McCormick Day Copy Share Image
“We are spiritual children of God the Father. We preach it. We sing it. But do we really understand it? Sometimes it’s… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
It is something great and greatening to cherish an ideal; to act in the light of truth that is far-away and far… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All too often, as we know from experience, people do not choose life; they do not accept the gospel of life, but… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Breezy, self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then have a good time all the rest of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I get mail for people who lived in my home before I did, and sometimes my own body seems like a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
We are suffering a national defeat comparable to any lost military campaign, and what is more, it is self- inflicted? It is… — Prince Philip Copy Share Image
Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I have seen so much obstructed potential among people who lack personal discipline, who just slough it off, whatever it is, and… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Dogs are intelligent beings; they are not human beings. The life of a dog - there's no equivalency with the life of… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
“As long as one experiences oneness with the relative self (dehadhyas) of ‘I am’ in this unsteady part of mind, body, intellect,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
