Inner Quotes

3120 Inner quotes by 1647 unique authors

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life. — Maria Montessori
How do we keep our inner fire alive? Two things, at minimum, are needed: an ability to appreciate the positives in our life – and… — Nathaniel Branden
There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use. — E. M. Forster
Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could… — Eckhart Tolle
In their choice of lovers both the male and the female reveal their essential nature. The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature, — John Berryman
Dancing is surely the most basic and relevant of all forms of expression. Nothing else can so effectively give outward form to an inner experience.… — Lyall Watson
We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious. — W G Sebald
Baudelaire writes: In certain almost supernatural inner states, the depth of life is entirely revealed in the spectacle, however ordinary, that we have before our… — Gaston Bachelard
In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and… — Brennan Manning
She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like pieces of art… — Christina Dodd
So we see that even when Fortuna spins us downward, the wheel sometimes halts for a moment and we find ourselves in a good, small… — John Kennedy Toole
Erik Erikson has commented: Potentially creative men like (Bernard) Shaw build the personal fundament of their work during a self-decreed moratorium, during which they often… — Lewis Hyde
If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme. — Bruce Lee
Fang and I searched in every way we could think of and found a million institutes of one kind or another, in Manhattan and throughout… — James Patterson
Please allow me to wipe the slate clean. Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
For I regard memory not as a phenomenon preserving one thing and losing another merely by chance, but as a power that deliberately places events… — Stefan Zweig
public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self. — Sigmund Freud
Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, "Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone… — Jim Butcher
I know we're not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and lavatory jokes, and most of the dirty people; we can… — Dylan Thomas
I told him I had always kept my inner Martha Stewart chained in the basement, but for his sake I would set her loose.” ~… — Lisa Kleypas
Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person… — Rollo May
Whatcha doin', Freak Girl?" --------------------------- "What does it look like, brainiac?" I shot back, even surprising myself with the force of my jab. "I'll give… — Mari Mancusi
One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When… — Jean Vanier
Inside us all are pieces of that which makes the neagitve. Demons are neither good nor bad. Like you, they have many facets. It is… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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