“The road to enlightenment requires a life dedicated to self-study, accepting the minor tragedies of life as an ineluctable part of the human condition.”
“A fine line exists between quitting on ourselves and letting go of a restrictive position in life and moving forward to reach our ultimate destination based upon our natal predisposition honed by a lifetime of experimentation. Who has not been forced to stop and ask ourselves, ‘who are we,’ ‘what are we doing,’ and ‘where are we going?’ Who has not been forced to pause by life’s dynamic forces and ask ourselves, ‘what mystical chords bind us as a species; what is the meaning of life; and how do we give birth to our genetic blueprint while shaping a sense of purposefulness out of our own existence and striving to bring joy to other people’s hearth?’ To answer these life affirming questions that gnaw most voraciously at our consciousness at the time when tension and unsettling trauma besieges us, we must appreciate our heritage, be mindful our epoch, accept responsibility for our adult decisions, and strive to accumulate wisdom that segues our entrance into the future. Each of us must arrive at a unifying philosophy that guides our living quest, and the sooner we come to terms with our eccentric self the quicker we will perceive and appreciate the ineffable beauty of nature.”
“I didn t mean that I m a nonpareil now. But I m different, yes. I ve found out that I can do quite difficult things if I keep trying very hard, and at least I ve discovered that if I don t keep myself occupied I m unhappy and unpleasant.”
“In the absence of self-control, this primordial nature of the limbic brain often compels the mind to give in to evils of corruption.”
“Narrative writing represents a personal attempt to quantify and understand the psychological singularities behind the author’s personality traits as delineated by winnowed list of formative life experiences.”
“All roads taken lead us only to ourselves.”
“The real virtue is not to be free from desires but to be content with what you have.”
“When you have an open mind and you re flexible....not married to your beliefs, you can see clearly because you re able to feel and remain neutral at the same time. You re curious.”
“In judging our progress as individual we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one s social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education. These are, of course, important in measuring one s success in material matters and it is perfectly understandable if many people exert themselves mainly to achieve all these. But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one s development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualites which are within reach of every soul - are the foundation of one s spiritual life.”
“Sometimes being overwhelmed by emotions can leave you speechless but even then it is important to identify the correct emotion.”
“Be careful what you tell yourself, and do not belittle yourself, even in jest. Negative, deprecating self-talk can do significant harm to your self-image.”
“Self-confidence comes with self-awareness.”
“Identifying your feelings can help you explain your reactions”
“Better you know yourself better you become able to choose between your own opinions and society s for your best possible future.”
“I always dream of it: that something will open my eyes, and open everything inside me as well.”
“Loving yourself may seem like the hardest thing to do. But it s the greatest gift you can give yourself. If you re waiting for someone else to do it for you, you re wasting your time.”
“Through you the world learns to recognize itself — as heaven.”