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“But you can live in the most democratic country on earth, and if you're lazy, obtuse or servile within yourself, you're not free.”

Book:Bread and Wine

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Bread and Wine

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Ignazio Silone

Italian author born on May 1, 1900, and died on August 22, 1978. Ignazio Silone is renowned for his profound political and social commentary, a significant figure in 20th-century Italian literature. more

“Inevitably, though, there will always be a significant part of the past which can neither be burnt nor banished to the soothing limbo of forgetfulness— myself. I was and still am that same ship which carried me to the new shore, the same vessel containing all the memories and dreams of the child in the brick house with the toy tea set. I am the shore I left behind as well as the home I return to every evening. The voyage cannot proceed without me.”

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Author:Luisa A. Igloria

“One world is aware and by far the largest to me, and that is myself, / And whether I come to my own to-day or in ten thousand or ten / million years, / I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness I can wait.”

Life Self Self Awareness

Book:Leaves of Grass

Source: Leaves of Grass

“Standing at the edge of my fears And contemplating them Is a healthy exercise. The extent of the boundaries Of who I believe myself to be. What is in question as I stand Safely at the border of myself And think of leaping Or continuing on? What happens when I walk To the extent of "I" And then keep walking? Who am I then?”

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Book:Senses

Source: Senses

“We are, at least in part, who we remember ourselves to be. Take away our memories, and you take away our selves.”

Self Remember Memories Ourselves Steal Part Of Me Take Away

Book:The Body Electric

Source: The Body Electric

“And yet this self, contains Tides, continents and stars―a myriad selves, Is small and solitary as one grass-blade Passed over by the wind Amongst a myriad grasses on the prairie.”

Self Poetry

Author:Cecil Day-Lewis

“What will you do with your self? Many men and women are still in darkness, trying to figure out the meaning and purpose of life. But no matter what you try to do with your self— whether you deny it, obliterate it, annihilate it, accept it or express it—believe me, it is still alive and kicking.”

Self Self Denial

Book:Living in the light of eternity

Source: Living in the light of eternity

“Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need to begin curbing the birthrate.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket. 'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I am merely a character in a poem.”

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Book:Tropic of Orange

Source: Tropic of Orange

“I don't believe anyone who says love, love, love. It means self, self, self.”

Love Self Selfisness

Book:The Heart of The Matter

Source: The Heart of The Matter

“I want you to be able to see me, and as my love for you is so much of me (all of me, making me more than myself) then you must see that too.”

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Book:Henry and Cato

Source: Henry and Cato

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