I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?.
Although a firm swat could bring a recalcitrant child swiftly into line, the changes were usually external, lasting only as long as the swatter remai….
Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy..
There are self-styled "anarcho-capitalists" (not to be confused with anarchists of any persuasion), who want the state abolished as a regulator of ca….
I've always subscribed to the notion that a writer always has something else to say, and the more you write, the more you have to write about, becaus….
War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination..
The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you….
Love requires that we overcome the traditional and self-defeating fears that place distance between ourselves and others..
There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one'….
The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry..
The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion..
Men have never been individually self-sufficient..
The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go ar….
An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that's what happens to all surg….
The habits of feeling, action and judgment that comprise good character depend on personal self-discipline and powerful aspiration to become a good p….
There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well..
When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and self-denial have not reali….
I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, an….
All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece..
…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone..
There is a way to support the art and to allow and encourage the art to flourish while being critical. In fact, I find in teaching that self-critique….