I always have a feeling of awe and wonder at what God can do - using me as an instrument. I believe that anyone who is fully surrendered to God's wil….

I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious..

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception..

We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious….

I wish I could say confidently that pacing remains my weak point, if you could talk about your own stuff without sounding like you're self-obsessed. ….

Effectively, it makes the greasepaint permanent, blurring the lines not only between public and private but also between the authentic and contrived ….

The greatest justification for travel is not self-improvement but rather performing a vanishing act, disappearing without a trace..

The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage..

It's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about how you are going to expre….

Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering..

To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life..

When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world..

Mystical identification transcends the aristocratic virtue of courageous self-sacrifice. It is self- surrender in a higher, more complete, and more c….

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like..

Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate..

Travel challenges truths that we were raised thinking were self-evident and God-given. Leaving home, we learn other people find different truths to b….

To be free is to be capable of thinking one's own thoughts - not the thoughts merely of the body, or of society, but thoughts generated by one's deep….

Clutter is not just physical stuff. It's old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self..

Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who ….

These humans are only of flesh, of mud, and I suggest there is one force stronger than their zeal for God: their own self-righteousness! We will make….

The only thing I can really trust is my own self-indulgence..