Having no resources within himself, he was compelled to be the copyist of many, and being such, he was forever the victim of inconsistency;

I should learn patience, it’s a shame there’s no time for that.

It all comes back. Perhaps it is difficult to see the value in having one’s self back in that kind of mood, but I do see it; I think we are well advised to keep...

People who have had little self-reflection live life in a huge reality blind-spot.

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.

Talking with Elaine like that, with no judgment from her or anything, seemed to bring my feelings more to the surface so I could look at them. I love times like that; you don’t get...

that’s exactly the good thing about the Injun life–you don’t have to stop and think about whether or not you’re ‘happy’–which in my opinionis a highly overrated human condition invented by white folks

Quit trying so hard and sit quietly with yourself and you will see that there are no demands within you.

The only personal branding consultant who can ever hope to have a clear understanding of you and your value can be found in the mirror.

Only when we are truly lost are we free to choose our own path.

…A mirror can trick you day by day into thinking you remain looking and existing in one way forever. But a photograph presents you with the truth: it freezes you eternally, existing as a reminder...

But maybe it’s the laboring that gives you shape. Might the most fulfilling times be those spent solo at your tasks, literally immersed or not, when you are able to uncover the smallest surprises and...

There’s nothing we fear more than our own Reflection. We scream at the monsters within us, hidden deep within our hearts. We run and hide from the terrors all around us- the different mirrors that...

We see that in the organic world, to the same degree that reflection gets darker and weaker, grace grows ever more radiant and dominant. But just as two lines intersect on one side of a...

When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement.

Begin to see the violence around you; begin to see the violence within you.

The thing is to understand myself, to see what God really wants me to do; the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can...

Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

Our observer is not affected by emotional ups and downs, our personal life dramas, or by the events of the external world. It is our observer, at the core of our being, that teaches us...

Even if you think you’re doing well and have it all figured out, there is a voice you will always inevitably hear at some point which nags at you and says “but wait…” Don’t ever...

Time, place, and space for all things, but spending [the] majority of one’s time playing in outer places, and far less time exploring inner space, is perhaps the worst form of neglect. Don’t play yourself;...

Each time that I have felt like I might finally be figuring some things out, life has decided to change the rules and I’ve had to start all over again.

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

How can you follow your heart, unless you know why you have allowed it to be empty for so long and didn’t have the courage to fix it?

Sometimes the complexities of the mind can be intriguing, but the dark side of one’s thoughts can create its own phobias.

We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn’t even know it.

It is when you lose sight of yourself, that you lose your way. To keep your truth in sight you must keep yourself in sight and the world to you should be a mirror to...

The only real conflict you will ever have in your life won’t be with others, but with yourself.

When you aren’t drinking or using drugs or spending lots of money on fancy toys or basking in the glow of fame or working all the time or eating your way through the refrigerator, being...

The beauty in correcting our own mistakes; rather than attempting to correct the mistakes in others, is that working upon our own flaws improves us. But working upon the flaws of others not only leaves...

Who hasn’t asked himself, am I a monster or is this what it means to be human?

We’re so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are.

It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

It is a blessed gift to witness the beauty of each day.

When we know what we most fear, we know what we most care about.

But no matter how much parents and grandparents may have sinned against the child, the man who is really adult will accept these sins as his own condition which has to be reckoned with. Only...

Study skills really aren’t the point. Learning is about one’s relationship with oneself and one’s ability to exert the effort, self-control, and critical self-assessment necessary to achieve the best possible results–and about overcoming risk aversion,...

During self-reflection, the realization came that revolution begins within.

You can’t see yourself. You know what you look like because of mirrors and photographs, but out there in the world, as you move among your fellow human beings, whether strangers or friends or the...

fate” caused you to make great decisions that lead you to where you are now.