A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will..
All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self..
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice..
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe -- to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, org….
I don't think a person should take herself seriously unless she is alone..
Growth is transcending yourself, your habitual self, which is none other than ego..
It's a hell of a thing to be born, and if you're born you're at least entitled to your own self..
The American culture ideal of the "self-made-man," of everyone "standing on his own feet" seemed as tragic a picture as the initiative-destroying dep….
I'm self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind..
Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror..
Religion is the call to confront reality; to master the self..
It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender..
To be "integrally developed" does not mean that you have to excel in all the known intelligences, or that all of your lines have to be at level 3. Bu….
...The Western 'God-image' is a representation of the collective unconscious, an archetype of the psyche that undergoes a continual process of transf….
There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism..
Jazz voices that unvanquishable, natural will toward creaativity and self-expression, depite everything, in the here and now..
I met people on college campuses who were defining themselves as genderqueer to express revolutionary feelings, or to communicate their individuality….
I felt at some point that I had nothing to lose, and [laughs] maybe I was wrong. I think, you know, there's always these little autobiographical secr….
In choosing not to be a beast, I discovered my humanity. I became autodidactic, self-educated - a critical thinker..
To develop a more or less accurate self-image...is simply to gain a comprehensive awareness of those facets of yourself which you didn't know existed….
I remember running down a road on my way to a nursery of flowers. I remember her smile and her laugh when I was my best self and she looked at me lik….