But the culture-vultures and the intellectual snobs, and the self-appointed guardians of the Muses, often frighten off the average person from the free development of this appetite.
Sometimes the boxes we’re put in fit. Other times, we find ourselves shoved into places too confining for our growing sense of self.
Walking down the path of dreams, inner-self and listening to your heart are all different names given to your hidden scripts.
Some will call this self-indulgence (They are lucky not to know its truth) Some will know the simple fact of pain This is becoming my normality
My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.
The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.
The dream is yours… why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within.
Low self-confidence can be viewed as a good thing; it reminds us to be confident in Christ!
One of the hallmarks that a British actor brings to his public persona is an adept sense of self-deprecation - see Daniel Craig and Damian Lewis.
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our actions.
All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?
I self-deprecate. When I first got here two years ago, I didn't realise that in America you can't go into the room and put yourself down.
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
You can never appreciate the scent of a flower by another's description. Some things are left to experience. Journey of self.
I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority.
Healthcare reform is a paradigmatic case. It is self-evidently necessary and inevitable and has been on the agenda for 35 years, and the political class seems completely unable to respond to it.
Judaism for me is a sensibility of collective self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling. I feel a debt of responsibility to this past. It is why I am Jewish.
The only way you can reach your full potential is if you open up and allow your self to be exposed to how you really feel.
I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.
What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything in a search for something else.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
