Life is an inside-out game. The truth is that all our situations and circumstances have their beginnings in our minds. Our idea of who we are creat….
Individuation is to divest the self of false wrappings..
Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or a nee….
Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing..
...Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we ….
Obeying the Spirit instead of your own self-centered whims will lead you to places you've never been, challenge you in ways you have never been chall….
I admire narcissism in Momus and others who "own" it and use it as a way to explore ideas/themselves and also as a form of humor. I don't think of my….
I admire self-awareness more than probably any other quality, and I think in terms of what qualities are "good" in a person, it's a mostly subjective….
One function of the imagination in autobiographical writing is to allow the writer to try out different versions of the self..
Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression..
Art is not made only one way, art is a point of view? Rembrandt in our days would be Rembrandt again, because the work of the master is his self. But….
Ixion exists as an antidote to the rules and conventions of other places. We believe that indulging in pleasure will make better people. Self-denial ….
Being an art buyer these days is comprehensively and indisputably vulgar. It is the sport of the Eurotrashy, Hedge-fundy, Hamptonites; of trendy olig….
Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world..
The highest, most decisive experience is to be alone with one's own self. You must be alone to find out what supports you, when you find that you can….
It appeals to the higher nature of the self to put aside food which once lived - I do not consider myself food, why should I ask all other creatures ….
I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning to drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only….
Societies don't become less self-indulgent; people do..
I have peanut M&M's up there." "Not my style" "Raisinets." "Feh." "Sam Adams." Thor narrowed his eyes. "Cold?" "Downright icy." Thor crossed his arms….
A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control..
When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within..