Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
Ah, this dear old planet! All is clear now. We know ourselves; we now know of what we are capable.
I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short.
We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.
We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.
American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.
At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.
We can do away with ignorance, if we take it upon ourselves to encourage each other to use our intelligence.
We need to start asking ourselves, does religion make people narrow minded or open minded?
Every time when we think we smart, and following for mainstream, we've been used to kill ourselves. 08.07.11
Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.
We pride ourselves on our democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn't vote until 1918, Asians until 1948, and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960.
I think wearing less makeup can seem a bit scary for some women because we get so used to seeing ourselves look a certain way.
The Islamic terror threat is so fierce, unrelenting and barbaric that we tell ourselves fairy tales about how these ruthless acts are anything but what they are: acts of war.
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
First, we must see that our negative actions arise due to prejudice and erroneous judgments. The discrimination that labels some as 'friends' and others as 'enemies' must be perceived as the root of our problems. We need to see that we label people a...
Every television program must be a complete package in itself. No previous knowledge is to be required. There must not be even a hint that learning is hierarchical, that it is an edifice constructed on a foundation. The learner must be allowed to ent...
To engage the written word means to follow a line of thought, which requires considerable powers of classifying, inference-making and reasoning. It means to uncover lies, confusions, and overgeneralizations, to detect abuses of logic and common sense...
But even in the much-publicized rebellion of the young against the materialism of the affluent society, the consumer mentality is too often still intact: the standards of behavior are still those of kind and quantity, the security sought is still the...
, that's what people say. No one ever mentions how girls have to be something other than themselves altogether. We are to stifle the same feelings that boys are encouraged to display. We are to use gossip as a means of policing ourselves -- this way ...
