Never hope for it more than you work for it..

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon..

Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy..

Funny how life messed with you..

The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this very p….

I never had the blues; the blues always had me..

I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious, too artful,….

What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next generation is against that, and then the next gener….

One's self-image and image of the future have a great deal to do with what that person is motivated to do and able to do, as well as the extent to wh….

I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or….

When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution..

We were greeted by the minister whose inclusive, non-judgemental smile was no more than a whisker away from a smirk. Have I made it clear? I don't li….

The inmost in due time becomes the outmost..

If you want to save the snow leopard, or the giant Redwoods, or the Okavango delta, or the Amazon, or the atmosphere, or the Earth, or those you love….

Boundaries are the lines we draw that mark off our autonomy and that of other people, that protect our privacy and that of others. Boundaries allow f….

People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what he really values….

Time seemed to suspend itself, or cease altogether. Place faded away. There was only her self, the centre that endured through all times, all events,….

One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature….

the less you respect, the less respectable you are; the less you honor, the less in you is to be honored. There are those 'whom not to know argues on….

Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of peopleMaybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time. Hauling them in as we make choices, good ….

Women of worth are those who want positive change for themselves, their families, community or society, which I think is important. For me, a woman o….