Tom Masson quote – be yourself
“Be yourself” is about the worst advice you can give some people. – Tom Masson
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Sogyal Rinpoche quote – Never left in silence
“We believe in a personal, unique, and separate identity — but if we dare to examine it, we find that this identity depends entirely on an endless collection of things to prop it up: our name, our “biography,” our partners, family, home, job, friends, credit cards— It is on their fragile and transient support that we rely for our security. […]
Read moreG.K. Chesterton Quote – How Much Larger Life Would Be
“How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure; if you could see them walking as they are in their sunny selfishness and their virile indifference! You would begin to be interested in them, because they were not interested in you. […]
Read moreE. E. Cummings Quote – To Be Nobody But Yourself
“To be nobody but yourself in a world doing it’s best to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human can ever fight and never stop fighting” – E. E. Cummings
Read moreLudwig van Beethoven Quote – Your Own Errors
“Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.” – Ludwig van Beethoven
Read moreTo Kill A Mockingbird – Conscience
“…before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus, To Kill a Mockingbird
Read moreWinston Churchill Quote – Criticism Is Necessary
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill
Read moreYou Hold The Answers
“You hold the answers deep within your own mind. Consciously, you’ve forgotten it. That’s the way the human mind works. Whenever something is too unpleasant, too shameful for us to entertain, we reject it. We erase it from our memories, but the imprint is always there.”
Read moreHenry David Thoreau Quote – Fishing
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” – Henry David Thoreau
Read moreDolly Parton Quote – Find Out Who You Are
“Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton
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