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Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-preservation. Some just do it better, and more thoroughly, than others.
Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that.
I do entertain a lot of negative thoughts and I haven't got any self-belief. But I haven't done bad for someone without any self-belief.
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
I've never been good at self-promotion. And my URL is really obscure. And for years and years, there was nothing about me on my website.
This is not a time for fear, brethren, but rather a time for faith - a time for each of us who holds the priesthood to be his best self.
The self is fundamentally an illusion arising as a reflection of the soul in matter, much as a clear lake at midnight reflects the moon.
no one can accomplish the inner release of another person. Freedom can be offered but it must also be accepted in order for it to 'take.
Yes I say that I am enlightened. What does that mean? It means I live in a condition of light...There really is no primary self anymore.
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.
...I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable self.
Self help books are pointless. Here's something for you... Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and self help books are from Uranus.
I dont have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar.
Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.
concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.
But somehow in identifying myself as the healer, there was still a seed of both self-righteousness and defense from a kind of emptiness.
Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'
Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady Taylor
The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.
When you make contact with your Higher Self, you'll have the support of Nature, which will allow for the manifestation of all you desire
Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.
Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.
With this pen I take in hand my selves and with these dead disciples I will grapple. Though rain curses the window let the poem be made.
I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.
... giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite.
We have to reconceptualize and understand that the act of pursuing our dreams and being our full selves is what allows us to feel alive.
I need the concept of mercy for me to have some semblance of self-admiration. So in real life, I'm probably somebody who is more devout.
Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.
I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .
It's so hard for women to be happy for one another, like genuinely happy. Once you find that, you know you've found true SELF happiness.
I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.
I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient.
The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.
We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.
I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do - not what we say we are.
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
Drama criticism ... is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening at the theatre.
Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around cookies.
The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to worship.
As much as everything can seem to be about patterns in your self and others, within the drama of all that, it's really all about knowing.
Perhaps this is what we mean by sanity: that, whatever our self-admitted eccentricities might be, we are not villains of our own stories.
I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.
If you want to know, life is the principle of self-renewal, it is constantly renewing and remaking and changing and transfiguring itself.
If Nietzsche is correct, that to shame a man is to kill him, then any honest attempt at autobiography will be an act of self-destruction.
To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.
The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.
I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.
I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.
Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.