My mother's death put me in touch with my most savage self. As I've grown up and come to terms with her death and accepted it, the pieces of her that….

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted..

The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life as an entirety, the more it glows, the more….

Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they look for, and always find, s….

I wish to blur the firm boundaries which we self-certain people tend to delineate around all we can achieve..

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I ha….

The best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention to t….

The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping..

I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces, and saw myself reflected in them.….

I believe I know the only cure, which is to make one’s center of life inside of one’s self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassail….

It is true, Monsieur," Raoule went on, shrugging her shoulders, "that I have had lovers in my life as I have books in my library, to know, to study. ….

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose great….

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in order to grow, and is ….

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves..

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on..

It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk ….

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future..

If you don't have some self doubts and fears when you pursue a dream, then you haven't dreamed big enough..

Every time I deny myself I commit a kind of suicide..

Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling..

Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along ….