Stepping out of one’s world or out of one’s habitual self is a transcendental experience. [...] If we seek transcendence, we may have many visions, but we will surely end where we started. If we opt for growth, we may have our moments of transcen...
If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she brings to the party is more important than the size of her arse - then refuse to be sucked into the never ending whirligig of...
What reading does, ultimately, is keep alive the dangerous and exhilarating idea that a life is not a sequence of lived moments, but a destiny...the time of reading, the time defined by the author's language resonating in the self, is not the world's...
If you look at your average contemporary person, the potential for tragedy is immense. The people and things we love and value are strewn across the globe. Any number of health disasters can befall you or them. The truth is depressing. We are going t...
I'm self-loathing, introverted, and neurotic.
Boredom is the fear of self.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Fortunately, I've always had self-belief.
Being self-supporting is important to me.
No one ever judges their own self.
I like women who are self-sufficient.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
You are strong, self-reliant, entirely able to take care of yourself and of me... You are fearless, courageous; you saved my life, nursed me back to health, hunted for my food, provided for my comfort. You don't need me. Yet you make me want to prote...
Be that self which one truly is.
To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life.
Women love a self-confident bald man.
The greatest possession is self-possession.
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.
