I don't want people following Jon Kabat-Zinn. I want them following themselves.
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find.
Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.
People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.
Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people.
Inspector Doppler: Over the years my eyes have been adequately trained to see things for themselves, sir.
My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.
The Constitution separated the ideologies and values of the Church from the State, and leaders of the State were thus educated in matters pertaining to the State. These leaders proved themselves time after time with their pragmatic intellectual capac...
Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors.
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.
Martin Riggs: I don't make things complicated. That's the way they get, all by themselves.
Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown.
I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior.
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves. Break the cycle.
One of the many things that surprised me about 'Wool' is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.
Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them. I don't. I don't want you to feel sorry for me.
