Identity Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

“How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he whom studies what ought to be done rather than what…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“We are highly susceptible to self destruction when we aren’t doing what we really want with our lives.”

— James Dillehay

“And I told him that a man's life is always dealing with permanence - that the most dangerous kind of irresponsibility is to think…

— Wendell Berry

“The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as…

— Karl Albrecht

“What is this worldly life based on? Ignorance (of the Self). The world gives support to good habits and tries to get rid of…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we last out at ourselves for having lost control, we are reminded that we never can be in total control, that all life…

— Mary Balogh

“A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to…

— Louis Auchincloss

“The law of self-destruction and the law of self-preservation are equally strong in mankind!”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“We strive to decide our own fate. We act with self-reliance, trusting in our own abilities. We accept responsibility for our conduct and for…

— Jeffrey K. Liker

“Without differentiating from parents or caretakers we may never succeed in living our own lives.”

— Lisa Firestone

“Instead we should aim to gain a sense of mastery in our lives by letting go of our need for control, by making brutal…

— Tony Crabbe