“I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it's scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.” Quote by Barbara De Angelis
“You aim for what you want and if you don't get it, you don't get it, but if you don't aim, you don't get anything.” IfsWantAimWhat You WantSelf Knowledge Author:Francine Prose
“In chanting, one tries to find one's own sound, literally, and then to go within that-to find the sounds within one's own sound, to bring out that which is within, to go into, explore and discover oneself.” TryingSoundOneselfSelf KnowledgeChanting Author:Jill Purce
“I know unless I'm true to myself I couldn't be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on character.” KnowsLittlesCharacterTodayToo MuchSelf KnowledgeEmphasisTrue To Myself Author:Betty White
“If I am truly honest, I have to acknowledge that the demands I am so convinced are coming from the outer world are, in fact, coming from that perpetually unfinished part of me-the pulls and tugs originating from my own ambiguity.” IfsWorldFactsChangeMy OwnHonestDemandConvincedAcknowledgeAmbiguityUnfinishedOuter Worlds Author:Joan Anderson
“We are born to be ourselves-in need of upgrading the gene-to look back again and again and befriend the person we once intended to become.” NeedsLooksPersonsChangeBornGenesAgain And AgainBack AgainUpgrading Author:Joan Anderson
“I can see in the acorn the oak tree. I see the growth, the rebuilding, the restoring. I see that is the American psyche. There is so much we can draw understanding from. One of the lessons is the development of courage. Because without courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues consistently.” I CanUnderstandingGrowthPracticeCourageVirtueTreeDevelopmentLessonsDrawsConsistentlyOaksRestoringRebuildingAcornsOak Tree Author:Maya Angelou
“Our response to an event is more important than the event itself.” ImportantCourageEventsResponse Author:Angeles Arrien
“I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.” ThinkingGivingWellsMightWantedCourageDangerousDangerGiving UpGymnast Author:Olga Korbut
“Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination.” PoliticalSocialClassConvictionDiscriminationDistinctionGenocideSanctionsAnti DiscriminationClass Distinction Author:Andrea Dworkin