I believe that music is a spiritual language. My everyday self is pretty mundane and boring, but when I'm making music it allows for me to communicate a kind of transcendence that I can't communicate otherwise.
Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.
When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it's always tangled and political.
I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.
I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.
BEAUTY...has its own language.. The 'expression' of a Spontaneous Fully Functioning Self.. If 'Spontaenity' is missing, start questioning the 'reality' of it..!
Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.
It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.
When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.
Increase your self-awareness up to the point where you shouldn't depend on the opinions of others about who you truly are...
Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. We worship self-indulgence & consumption.
A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people.
I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.
Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is realized.
All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.
At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
I'm quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I'm relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious.
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.
