“When I am divided within myself, when I am so preoccupied with my own sins, egocentricity, and moral failures that I cannot hear the anguished cry of others, then I have subtly reestablished self as the center of my focus and concern.”
Source: Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning
“See what you are really seeing, and don’t use your perception to just see what you want to, or need to, or have to. See what is possible, and see how you can help serve in
making this world a much better place.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“And in any case, I am someone else now. This seems to contradict earlier assertions that you are in old age the person you always were. What I mean is that old age has different needs, different satisfactions, a different outlook. I remember my young self, and I am not essentially changed, but I perform otherwise today.
There are things I no longer want, things I no longer do, things that are now important.”
Source: Ammonites And Leaping Fish: A Life In Time
“No one else can know me; that's why I drink.”
“I don't feel as though I'm a blessing, but at least I can choose not to be a curse.”
Source: SPARK
“Seek the best of yourself”
“The essential self is fixed well before the thirteenth birthday. It may be influenced by experience but it is seldom changed.”
Source: Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales
“Who ends up with their first real boyfriend? Yeah, no one.
- Courtney”
Source: Two-way Street
“Sensuality is simply the courage to be yourself.”
“You are a part of the great “cosmic creation” which is always in process, as are you. So, be kind, be compassionate, and be present in your discovery of “self.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity