Awkward Quote by Paul Goodman

Yet again, the more you strive for some kind of perfection or mastery—in morals, in art or in spirituality—the more you see that you…

— Anonymous

I used to be super self-conscious about my height. I mean, going everywhere and someone just looking at you - you're never not in…

— Willie Cauley-Stein

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I've found that often, just when you think you've hit a wall, you experience a breakthrough that takes you to new heights in accomplishment

— Stedman Graham

I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste…

— Maurice Sendak

What we're talking about is the endless, gullible elevation of necessary levels of comfort and status and everything else at the complete expense of…

— Bill McKibben

With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp.

— Anonymous

“Stepping out of one’s world or out of one’s habitual self is a transcendental experience. [...] If we seek transcendence, we may have many…

— Alexander Lowen

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they…

— Helen Keller

Only when you're in that ditch, lying there in the muddy runoff you've made of your life, gazing up at the peak you fell…

— Artie Lange

When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are,…

— Galen Rowell

I live for that exhilarating moment when I'm in an airplane rushing down the runway and pull on the stick and feel lift under…

— Gordon Cooper