“ Sometimes the heart breaks... Sometimes you break... Sometimes you break your heart by breaking yourself for someone who wouldn't do the same... Marston James
“ The mighty question arises upon us, what is one's own real self? It certainly is not what we think we are and ought to be. D.H. Lawrence
“ Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controlling and controlled, reflective and spontaneous. Thus… Alan W. Watts
“ It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself. James Baldwin
“ When we first believe we think we can do it all; our passion is so strong. But after a time we start to learn that passion doesn't equal strength, and our sinful nature rears its ugly head. Hayley DiMarco
“ Worldly life means [state of continuous] agitation and uneasiness. What makes one like it, it is a wonder in itself! Dada Bhagwan
“ Chit impurity is due to the relative vision. When the vision becomes real (enlightened), purification of chit occurs. Dada Bhagwan
“ Don't try to reach perfection. Just try to reach an inner and outer realization of self. Imania Margria
“ 'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again. Feist
“ True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be. Ralph W. Sockman
“ So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself. Alan Watts
“ 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, and the story of a person overcoming that block to th… Tom Hooper
“ Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ We can see Spirit made visible when people are kind to one another, especially when it's a really busy person, like you, taking care of a needy, annoying, neurotic person, like you. Anne Lamott
