We must all allow ourselves the fantasy of projection from time to time, a chance to clothe ourselves in the imaginary gowns and tails of what has never been and never will be. This gives some polish to our tarnished lives, and sometimes we may choose one dream over another, and in the choosing find some respite from ordinary sadness. After all, we, none of us, can ever untangle the knot of fictions that make up that wobbly thing we call a self.
Siri HustvedtNon-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.
Deepak ChopraTags: wisdom life acceptance silence work self creativity quote educational quotes inner-voice inner-self deepak-chopra non-judgement quite
Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.
Aaron CohenTags: wisdom happiness love acceptance light self quote quotes eternal unconditional self-interest
Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.
Brian TracyTags: wisdom life kindness love people self evolution quote growing giving quotes sharing altruism evolve brian-tracy
The sky is not my limit...I am.
T.F. HodgeTags: strength persistence self endurance sky quotes limits
All matters being spiritual; man or woman can only find peace when peace is realized from within.
T.F. HodgeTags: man woman peace self harmony realization quoes spiritual-matters
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 and everyone else a machine that only pretends to feel and think.
Tags: philosophy self awareness
I like solitude. It is when you truly hear and speak your natural, unadulterated mind, and out comes your most stupid self as well as your most intelligent self. It is when you realize who you are and the extents of the good and the evils which you are capable of.
Criss JamiTags: intelligence solitude stupidity self good actions thoughts true-self extremes polarity
But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like?
Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of folk as'd like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they're going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is.
But it didn't seem to Lyra that she would ever grow up.
Tags: honesty self self-awareness
There's always the option of deciding for yourself who you are and what you'll become.
Jodi MeadowsTags: self
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