To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

Ayn Rand

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Though the 'Thou' is not an 'It', it is also not "another 'I'". He who treats a person as "another 'I'" does not really see that person but only a projected image of himself. Such a relation, despite the warmest "personal" feeling is really 'I'-'It'.

Mauric Friedman

Tags: self psychology



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There was a way in which my grandmother's true self was not these guests' business; no one's true self was the business of more than a very small number of family members or close friends.

Curtis Sittenfeld

Tags: truth identity self



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Humans have invented all kinds of symbols to communicate not only with other humans but more importantly with ourselves.

José Luis Ruiz

Tags: language self



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You only exist because of the agreements you made with yourself and with the other humans around you.

José Luis Ruiz

Tags: existence self agreement



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

Franz Kafka

Tags: books self castle



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Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words 'Be still'. What does stillness mean? It means destroy yourself. Because any form or shape is the cause for trouble. Give up the notion that 'I am so and so'. All that is required to realize the Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?

Ramana Maharshi

Tags: identity self stillness meditation



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In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

Elizabeth Kostova

Tags: self



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I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.

Karl Lagerfeld

Tags: work self fashion creation design create myself job designer invent karl-lagerfeld reinvent



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On the late afternoon streets, everyone hurries along, going about their own business.

Who is the person walking in front of you on the rain-drenched sidewalk?

He is covered with an umbrella, and all you can see is a dark coat and the shoes striking the puddles.

And yet this person is the hero of his own life story.

He is the love of someone’s life.

And what he can do may change the world.

Imagine being him for a moment.

And then continue on your own way.

Vera Nazarian

Tags: life people rain self story heroes anonymity strangers hero stranger anonymous



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