Homo sapiens Quote by Carl Zimmer

Not every oak has to be gnarled, every detective hard-bitten. The adjective that exists solely as a decoration is a self-indulgence for the writer…

— William Zinsser

“As I get older I can see the patterns, the ugly corporate face behind the great machine. The sad and over competitive urge to…

— R.M. Engelhardt

If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that will be…

— Marianne Williamson

Self identification & being self are the walls, which protect our integrity & self respect.When you don't define them, other people do that for…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

We are on the forefront of a revolution in which identity and expression will take priority over the labels assigned to us at birth;…

— Hunter Schafer

When the mind is quiet, we come to know ourselves as the pure witness. We withdraw from the experience and its experiencer and stand…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Many of us struggle with ideas that come to our head from our self-identification.

— Matthew Carter

“War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.”

— James P. Carse

“Self-questioning and self-identification go hand in hand. It is surprising how little life changes. Most of the days that we spend working, playing, praying,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Ego means self-identification with thinking, to be trapped in thought, which means to have a mental image of "me" based on thought and emotions.…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Archaic humans paid for their large brains in two ways. Firstly, they spent more time in search of food. Secondly, their muscles atrophied. Like…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I firmly believe that contemporary spiritual use of entheogenic drugs is one of humankind's brightest hopes for overcoming the ecological crisis from which we…

— Jonathan Ott