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Our Self Quotes by Stephen Nachmanovitch
- The power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling…
- Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength.
More Our Self Quotes
- We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the… — Joko Beck
- Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not… — Bruno Bettelheim
- Doubt is a virus that attacks our self-esteem, productivity and confidence. Faith that you and your life are perfectly unfolding is the… — Sean Stephenson
- Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between… — Michael Josephson
- Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior. — Mark Victor Hansen
- Science always goes abreast with the just elevation of the man, keeping step with religion and metaphysics; or, the state of science… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better… — Pema Chodron
- [Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from… — Christopher Hitchens
- It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We… — Thomas Jefferson
- The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to… — Thomas Merton
- Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise,… — Frederick Salomon Perls
- For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil. — Friedrich Nietzsche