I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act. B….
Lysenkoism: A forlorn attempt not merely to colonize the botanical kingdom, but to instill a proper sense of the puritan work ethic and the merits of….
The most self-destructive thought that any person can have is thinking that he or she is not in total control of his or her life. That’s when, ‘Why ….
There is no other possibility for possessing certitude with regard to one's life apart from self-abandonmen t, in a continuous crescendo, into the ha….
The boys are so well-rounded, they're so self-disciplined, there is so much camaraderie.
I lock my door upon myself, And bar them out; but who shall wall Self from myself, most loathed of all?.
My hope and my prayer for people would be to find and gather themselves such that their self-understanding, their willingness to act in the face of f….
The childlike, gum-chewing naivete, the glamour rooted in despair, the self-admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadow….
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your de….
A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made..
Think... of the world you carry within you, and call this thinking whatever you want to: a remembering of your own childhood or a yearning toward a f….
One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartes’ argument “I think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly, is the awareness….
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self..
Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear.
Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting….
Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “Th….
Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If ….
Real prayer, the soul-transformi ng kind, is self-discontinu ity. It is a conscious act of self-suspension arising from the wish for something new to….
I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses..
A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it..
Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique - these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation ..