“ When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something not that it is a pragmatic necessity for us to have it but that it is a moral imperative that we have it.… Joan Didion
“ A gossip is one who talks to you about others a bore is one who talks to you about himself and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. Lisa Kirk
“ There is nothing will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself. George Eliot
“ We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ Old photographs are very deceiving, they give us the illusion that we are alive in them, and it's not true, the person we are looking at no longer exists, and if that person could see us, he or she wo… Jose Saramago
“ Here in this endless and gleaming wildernessI was removed farther than ever from the world of men --And I never saw so close and so clearlyThe image in the mirror of my own soul. Hermann Hesse
“ A good sweat with the blood pounding through my body makes me feel alive revitalized. I gain a sense of mastery and assurance. I feel good about myself. Then I can feel good about others. Arthur Dobrin
“ What about you and me, Adina? Duff said, sidling up to her by the railing. I know I screwed up. But do you think we could start over?Adina thought about everything that had happened. Part of her wante… Libba Bray
“ We don't like to admit it, but the idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything. All truly civilized people – the ancients no less than u… Donna Tartt
“ We are random animals. That is who we are, and we have only ourselves, nothing more--there is no greater relationship. Yann Martel
“ We always see the worst in our selves. Our most volnerable selves. We need someone to get close enough to tell us that we're wrong. Someone we trust. Rachel Cohn
“ When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself. Jeanette Winterson
“ Much self-condemnation, thus, is a cloak for arrogance. Those who think they overcome pride by condemning themselves could well ponder Spinoza's remark, 'One who despises himself is the nearest to a p… Rollo May
“ The self can watch itself becoming lazy, or non-watchful; this is an asset that can make both for humor and profound well-being. Eli Siegel
“ One of the things about Ike that makes him so indisputably a hero is that he doesn't leave his own contradictions to the effete disputations of armchair scholars. He grapples with them himself, in his… Mark Leyner
“ How will I know who I can become if I don't give myself the chance to try new things, to push myself beyond my natural boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to d… Eileen Cook
