It’s ego – the false self – that exalts the guru and declares the teaching sacred, but nothing is exalted or sacred, only true or not true.
Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.
Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.
Modelling, it's being an artist as well. It's just being a silent artist. It takes a lot of self-control and a lot of discipline.
Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists.
Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.
You don't have to be like anyone else. You just need to learn more about your own creative self and start blooming.
World’s definition of success material validation of self cold and naked substitute for inner warmth and beauty.
I think self-discipline is something, it's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.
The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.
I have a self-made quote: Celebrate diversity, practice acceptance and may we all choose peaceful options to conflict.
Peace is a process of self-realization, a realization that peace resides inside us, in our inner calmness and tranquility.
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.
Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.
Everyone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious.
By the time you are 30 you are still trying to make your 15-year-old self happy but you are a different person. You need to be brave and let go of that.
We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions.
Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved.
