Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make….

The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrati….

I consider myself something of a self-taught anthropologist..

Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men..

Humility is a priceless virtue; however, it takes a lot of self-emptying to cultivate it..

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self..

Rereading a favorite novel first read 5, 10, or 20 years ago, is a measure of our travel, how far we've come; it's a way of visiting an earlier self..

I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an….

It is human defect — to try to know oneself by the self of another..

If I am transparent enough to myself, then I can become less afraid of those hidden selves that my transparency may reveal to others. If I reveal mys….

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowa….

I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear and self-doubt..

I'm a very self-conscious person, I think we all are, but I'm especially not very comfortable in my body. I always feel really weird and awkward on t….

My life's been too much of a self-created vocation. And there are times when I think I've done everything in the name of defiance..

Mengistu does not understand the meaning of self-determination, either historically or in the abstract. He cannot conceive of a nation as anything bu….

If that's the price of getting together, then I'll be damned if I want to live on the same earth with any human beings! If the rest of them can survi….

One day you will disappear on a funeral pyre - just into nothingness, as smoke. Don't get attached to anything. This attachment takes you away from y….

Worlds self made are so full of monsters and demons..

Throughout evolutionary history, anxiety and fear have helped every species to be wary and to survive. Fear can signal us to act, or, alternatively, ….

Our mission as humans is not only to discover our fullest selves in the technium, and to find full contentment, but to expand the possibilities for o….

Self-government means self support..