We ought to know about our culinary past. Food and identity is terribly important ... I don't mean we should go out and eat historic dishes, but we s….

That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect them to learn, if you don't e….

In writing you work toward a result you won't see for years, and can't be sure you'll ever see. It takes stamina and self-mastery and faith. It deman….

They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too m….

I believe that it is made out of the same cloth of mind, but it is an add-on, it was something that was specialized to create what we call the self. ….

The idea of being in the desert is fundamental, but it's totally relative, and it's about that membrane: the way that one defines self versus the env….

Throughout most of our history, nothing - not flood, famine, plague, or new weapons - has endangered humanity one-tenth as much as the narcissistic e….

People don't realize that there's no label and everything is self-financed and we make do and do our own thing. I was just happy to do my first video….

The life of a winner is the result of an unswerving commitment to a never-ending process of self-completion ..

Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvemen t can have temporary results, but las….

To practice Extreme Self-Care, you must learn to love yourself unconditionally, accept your imperfections, and embrace your vulnerabilities..

When you make a choice to be of service to others, you gain the courage and sense of determination that will fuel your efforts. With a solid vision i….

As far as inner action is concerned, we are only rarely truly self-determined persons, for the major part of our conscious mental activity rather is ….

The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty..

Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure yo….

I would like the work to be non-work. This means that it would find its way beyond my preconceptions...It is the unknown quantity from which and wher….

A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt..

It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are s….

To know when one's self is interested, is the first condition of interesting other people..

This person, this self, this me, finally, was made somewhere else. Everything had come from somewhere else, and it would all go somewhere else. I was….

Our self illusion is so interwoven with personal memories that when we recall an event, we believe we are retrieving a reliable episode from our hist….