To be enlightened is to know oneself and not run away.

YOU ARE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO YOURSELF,YOU ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOUR SOUL.

She thought back to what he had said. /I could make you very happy./ It was something men said then, when they were trying to persuade you, and that was what they meant. It seemed...

There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power.

I always believed that If I’m not carrying at least a slight poetically painful crack in my heart I’ve been cheated by nature.

What we talk about less often, because it is harder to explain, is the way a perfume can give breath and body to the phantom selves that waft about us as we go through our...

There is a certain way of being human that is my way. I am called upon to live my life in this way, and not in imitation of anyone else’s life. But this notion gives...

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and...

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.

I simply love being me. You have no power to control my feelings because I own my own heart

Your title is what you are; your visions are who you are. When you know who you are, then you will know where you can be useful most.

The moment you open yourself completely to the love that awaits your conscious embrace, you are no longer there to receive it.

He describes himself as a mild depressive, and he goes through just terrible suffering, much of it self-generated. And yet he’s also an extremely buoyant person who finds a great deal in life to entertain...

As I, my real self, grew older, I entered more and more into the substance of my dreams. One may dream, and even in the midst of the dream be aware that he is dreaming,...

I felt like I was suffering from the ‘impostor syndrome, … I had these niggling self doubts. But now I know I can really play. These women were extremely tough pros with blood lust at...

Once I was free; there was no cage that could bind me, and I had yet to create my box of numbness within my mind to be my silent protector.

My past is everything I failed to be.

There are days when that dark face is something I can think of as a friend – a primal energy that carries me forward when nothing else will – but more often than not I...

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.

Personality is a strategy devised by a child. Our true, original self lies under our personality, in the transpersonal ground of our being, at our core.

Body love is more than acceptance of self or the acceptance of the body. Body love is about self-worth in general. It’s more than our physical appearance.

I’m as proud of my inconsistencies as I am my consistencies.

God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self?

I don’t decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory.

Suffering builds character and impels you to penetrate life’s secrets. It’s the path of great artists, great religious leaders, great social reformers. The problem is not suffering per se, but rather our identification with our...

Sometimes the heart breaks… Sometimes you break… Sometimes you break your heart by breaking yourself for someone who wouldn’t do the same…

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one’s own skilled action.

Self-correction makes me check the ruler of my life against the yardstick of my inner voice. I acknowledge when I don’t measure up. Self-correction is an ongoing process. If done often enough, I can stop...

How can I know for sure if it’s my son speaking and not you?””You never can, my lord. Just as no man can ever be sure that he alone is a thinking and feeling creature...

One has to develop attachment to Self.

To forget the whole world is easy; to make the whole world forget you is hard.

Very good, Jason Grace,” Notus said. “You are a son of Jupiter, yet you have chosen your own path- as all the greatest demigods have done before you. You cannot control your parentage, but you...

When you understand what you’re truly worth, who is going to be able to make you feel worthless? No one.

From the Absolute to the Relative-from the Infinite to the Finite-from the Undifferentiated to the Differentiated-from the Unconditioned to the Conditioned and again from the Relative to the Absolute. That is the whole truth of...

After bearing the consequences of a mistake, the person either becomes a better person or completely succumbs to the atrocity.

The students and faculty of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities are motivated survivors and self-achievers. We look forward to providing them with effective tools and supportive services that assist them in maximizing their health...

Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.

Your worth cannot be determined by the value others place on you it can only be determined by what you know to be true about yourself

We seem to be unable to resist overstating every aspect of ourselves: how long we are on the planet for, how much it matters what we achieve, how rare and unfair are our professional failures,...

Marriage is the union of two ‘I’s to form a ‘V’. Both ‘I’s have to tilt equally to make a good ‘V’. ‘I’s standing tall can never make a ‘V’.

When I became too much myself, I had to change my life.

Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves – mental and material, controlling and controlled, reflective and spontaneous. Thus instead of suffering we suffer about...

It was amazing what I could remember about myself when I retraced my own steps.

Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.

For I have nothing to lean on, nowhere to call my home and there is nowhere I will go for Christmas to rest my head and touch familiar walls. I have no degree to show...

What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me.

Know your self package to the core. Never lose the strength of assets, your values, what identifies and separates you, what makes you unique. No, you or I are perfect but we are who we...

The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.

Inside our mind there is hidden place that contains the mind within the mind. There, you will find another version of yourself that may be your true self. We do not find that self by...

Over and over we lose this sense of feeling we are wholly in our skins by means already named as well as through extended duress. Those who toil too long without respite are also at...