Clear Quote by Tara Brach

This merely formal conceiving of the facts of one's own wretchedness is at the same time a departure from them--placing them in the object.…

— William Ernest Hocking

A lot of people thought the sense of self was hard-wired, but it's not at all. It can be changed very quickly, and that's…

— Miguel Nicolelis

Those struggling with life-threatening thoughts do not feel connected to others. They feel all alone- even alone in the midst of a crowd.

— June Hunt

A lot of people go on this journey of finding themselves and then eventually realize that their true self wasn't on the outside but…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

— Zadie Smith

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all…

— Abraham Maslow

I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded…

— Lorrie Moore

Thoughts of themselves have no substance; let them arise and pass away unheeded. Thoughts will not take form of themselves, unless they are grasped…

— Asvaghosa

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something…

— Thomas Szasz

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

— Fay Weldon

The self is coming from a state of pure awareness from the state of being. All the rest that comes about in a outward…

— Aldous Huxley

Feeling alone guides the mind.

— Claude Bernard