The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.
Floriano MartinsTags: identity self self-discovery introspection enemy
I protect myself by refusing to know myself.
Floriano MartinsTags: identity self understanding denial
There comes a time when all that remains for us to do is to surrender to the idiosyncrasies of our nature.
Floriano MartinsTags: individuality identity self
To the same degree that your understanding of and attitude towards Afrika becomes more positive, your understanding of and attitude towards yourself will also becomes more positive...
Malcolm XTags: identity africa afrika malcolm
We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own. We should write because humans are spiritual beings and writing is a powerful form of prayer and meditation, connecting us both to our own insights and to a higher and deeper level of inner guidance.
We should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. Writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. We should write because writing is good for the soul. We should write because writing yields us a body of work, a felt path through the world we live in.
We should write, above all, because we are writers, whether we call ourselves that or not.
Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices.
Brenda WaggonerTags: women identity emotions feelings choices resentment submission
We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: identity courage bravery
Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal subjectivity (we are all just people) that they think will make racism disappear. They have a deep emotional investment in the myth of sameness even as their actions reflect the primacy of whiteness as a sign informing who they are and how they think.
bell hooksTags: identity
Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men.
bell hooksTags: identity
Here. Where I am anonymous and alone in a white room with no history and no parading. So I can make something unknown in the shape of this room. Where I am King of Corners.
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