“In love, two become one; but their oneness does not destroy their individuality. They may fall apart; but like a pair of scissors they are pinned together and crushing anything that comes in-between.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“neuroscience can be seen as offering metaphors that point in a general direction, but don't exactly match anyone's individual experience.”
Source: Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology
“Eventually we must give up trying to be something special.”
Source: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
“Be the complex elegance of a melting candle. Be a map with 10,000 roads. Be the orange at sunset that outclasses the pink of sunrise. Be the self that dares to be true.”
Source: Notes on a Nervous Planet
“Our laws might seem harsh but we're not inhuman. We treasure every unique individual. We make room for difference.”
Source: Slave to Sensation
“Independence existed for individual before liberty was established for all.”
“[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we must strive, we must engage ourselves with the business of the world for our own sake, because through that, and through contemplation in equal measure, our soul is purified and brought closer to the divine. ... Thought and deed conjoined are crucial. ... The attempt must be made; the outcome is irrelevant. Right action is a pale material reflection of the divine, but reflection it is, nonetheless. Define your goal and exert reason to accomplish it by virtuous action; successs or failure is secondary.”
Source: The Dream of Scipio
“Take a stand. If you end up standing alone, then dammit, stand alone.”
Source: Freedom's Rush II: More Tales from the Biker and the Beast
“Never Give Up on YOU: Each day you wake up you
choose the reality you’re going to live in based on your thoughts. Today choose to love yourself fully and embrace all that you are. There is no one on the planet exactly like you, embrace what sets you apart and find beauty within yourself.”
Source: Learning To Love: And The Power of Sacred Sexual Spiritual Partnerships
“We were never under any delusions as to which was more important, an individual or humanity.”
Source: The Caves Of Steel & The Rest Of The Robots