Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for othe….

Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance..

High school was hard for me. I tried really hard to fit in and said the things I thought people wanted to hear. But I was unsure of myself. I was sel….

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults..

You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights..

In time of crisis, we summon up our strength. Then, if we are lucky, we are able to call every resource, every forgotten image that can leap to our q….

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography..

One always, sooner or later, comes upon a city which is an image of one's inner cities. Fez is an image of my inner self. ... The layers of the city ….

To do is hard, but to teach is still harder. Do not teach only to teach. Teach to improve the pupil. To be a teacher requires tremendous, vigorous di….

Now, what is Jesus Christ? The fruit of the spirit is a good example. Jesus is total love, total joy, total peace, total patient, gentleness, goodnes….

These two criteria are like the pillars of true love: deeds, and the gift of self..

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentence….

The choice of souls was in most cases based on their own experience of a previous life... Knowledge easily acquired is that which the enduing self ha….

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name..

Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship..

When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersi….

If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from any personal….

A woman wishes to mother a man simply because she sees into his helplessness, his need of an amiable environment, his touching self-delusion..

self-interest usually brings injustice with it..

It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute..

The other part of the true religion is our duty to man. We must love our neighbour as our selves, we must be charitable to all men for charity is the….