“ I really wanted to take her photo, so I walked up to the nearest adult and asked, 'Does she belong to you?' Suddenly the music stopped, and I heard: 'I belong to myself! Brandon Stanton
“ They implicitly trust that their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are their own, and fail to recognize that they may be “channeling” someone else’s thoughts and feelings. Lisa Firestone
“ To the extent that we retain the critical attitudes and destructive elements we have incorporated into our own personalities, we remain undifferentiated from our parents throughout our lifetime. Lisa Firestone
“ A true legacy is established over a lifetime and relates to what a human being does for others, not for himself. Bill Courtney
“ In order to pronounce a book bad it is not enough to discover that it elicits no good response from ourselves, for that might be our fault. C.S. Lewis
“ I was the chain that bit into my ankle, and I was the ruthless guard that never slept. Haruki Murakami
“ When you submit yourself to God and obey Him, you allow Him to do what He desires in your life. You make it possible for Him to lead you wherever He wants to use you. Jim George
“ If I say, “I am weak,” I ensure that I stay weak. If I say, “I cannot,” “I’m not the type to,” “I am not able,” then I set up a self-fulfilling prophecy. As I think of myself, so I shall be. Vironika Tugaleva
“ The goal of privacy is not to protect some stable self from erosion but to create boundaries where this self can emerge, mutate, and stabilize. Evgeny Morozov
“ When you understand what you’re truly worth, who is going to be able to make you feel worthless? No one. Toni Sorenson
“ He wondered if anyone really ever changed, or if stuff just piled on and on, covering up, but never erasing all the different parts. How deep would you have to dig to find who you started out as? Alex London
“ Personality is a strategy devised by a child. Our true, original self lies under our personality, in the transpersonal ground of our being, at our core. Neal M. Goldsmith
“ It's funny, because I had thought, living through those first two months after the night at the lake, that the great crisis was about What I Was or Who I'd Become or What Terrible Thing Was Wrong With… Robin McKinley
“ There are things you should never give up on like your convictions and ambitions but most importantly…you should never give up on you. Keep making those sacrifices, keep running that race, keep advanc… Jason Versey
“ After a while, you have to be at peace with the fact that you simply are. There is no way to know why. David Levithan
“ During relaxation we drop our guard. Particularly in conversation. Relaxed conversation leads to openness. And in openness we often reveal what should never be revealed. Edward Carey
“ If they want me to have mysticism, okay, I’ve got it.I’m a mystic, but only in my body,My soul is simple and doesn’t think. Alberto Caeiro
