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Thatâ€™s what the human brain is there forâ€”to turn the chaos of given experience into a set of manageable symbols. Sometimes the symbols correspond fairly… — Aldous Huxley
The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant â€˜identityâ€™ (â€˜this is your duty as an Americanâ€™, â€˜you must commit these acts as… — Amartya Sen
I am convinced that the deepest desire within each of us is to be liberated from the controlling influences of our own psychic madness or… — Caroline Myss
I existed before I received this body. I am the external and fundamental life energy of the universe. — Ilchi Lee
The directorâ€™s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the… — Andrei Tarkovsky
The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his opponent, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I read and am liberated. I acquire objectivity. I cease being myself and so scattered. And what I read, instead of being like a nearly… — Fernando Pessoa
What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since everyone hath every one, one shade, And you,… — William Shakespeare
Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say,… — Leo Tolstoy
The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted… — Abraham Maslow
Our possibilities of happiness are already restricted by our constitution. Unhappiness is much less difficult to experience. We are threatened with suffering from three directions:… — Sigmund Freud
The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of the reasons why… — Christopher Isherwood
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent,… — Og Mandino
To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals,… — Epictetus
The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is… — John Eldredge
Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy talesâ€™ concern is… — Bruno Bettelheim
To create, I destroyed myself; I made myself external to such a degree within myself that within myself I do not exist except in an… — Fernando Pessoa
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to… — Alexander Hamilton
Care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a… — Robert M. Pirsig

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