“To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed through words, so to convey this so that others may experience the same feeling - this is the activity of art.” MayMeanArtFeelingsFormSoundLinesMovementColorExpressionActivityOneselfEvoke Author:Leo Tolstoy
“It is essential... that discipline should not be practised like a rule imposed on oneself from the outside, but that it becomes an expression of one's own will; that it is felt as pleasant, and that one slowly accustoms oneself to a kind of behaviour which one would eventually miss, if one stopped practising it.” IfsShouldKindFeltMissingExpressionDisciplineEssentialsOneselfPleasantBehaviour Author:Erich Fromm
“Sexual integrity means honestly recognizing our own impulses and desires and honoring them, whether or not we choose to act on them. If we value integrity, we must also value diversity in sexual expression and orientation, recognizing that there is no one truth, or one way, that fits everyone.Sexuality is sacred because through it we make a connection with another self - but it is misused and perverted when it becomes an arena of power-over, a means of treating another - or oneself - as an object.” IfsWayMeanSelfDesireValuesObjectsExpressionFitIntegrityDiversityConnectionsSacredOneselfSexualityHonestlyOne WayImpulseRecognizingArenaOrientationMisused Book:Dreaming the Dark Source: Dreaming the Dark
“The Zen expression “Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.” MeanExpressionConceptsOneself Book:Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 Source: Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
“I think the underlying purpose is expression. It's not about technique, it's not about hitting the right note, writing the perfect prose, having the perfect brushstroke. It's about expression of oneself, the things around you, and the emotions. I think expression is the one word that I would use, whether it's for sorrow, tragedy, joy, or even the need to express and be heard.” ThinkingNeedsWritingUseJoyPurposePerfectEmotionHeardExpressionSorrowTragedyNotesOneselfTechniqueProseHittingOne Word Author:Charlie Albright
“Honesty comes only with sound health, physically and psychologically, and an honest mind cannot be separated from the most genuine acknowledgment of expression. It should be recognized that pure perfection is unobtainable. Therefore, the realization that one's irrevocable faults and deficiencies must be faced guides us toward the first step of learning. We must each accept any situation as it actually is, with dignity. In that fine balance of acceptance of self and the mission to better oneself, compassion, humility, and discipline are nurtured.” ShouldMindFirstsSelfSoundCompassionSituationAcceptingStepsHonestHonestyAcceptanceHumilityExpressionFineBalanceDisciplinePureDignityPerfectionFaultsOneselfMissionsGuidesGenuineRealizationSelf AcceptanceFirst StepsDeficiencyAcknowledgmentIrrevocable Author:Midori Goto
“I go to a lot of museums, I read a ton of poetry - anything that's a creative expression of oneself, I find really inspiring.” CreativeExpressionOneselfMuseumsCreative ExpressionReally Inspiring Author:Rachelle Lefevre
“I like the concept of an anti-muse, though I'm not quite sure what that is. If there is such a thing in my life, I suppose it is just this weariness, this sense that it is more fulfilling not to exist, to efface all traces, than to limit oneself to the determined expression of manifestation.” IfsExpressionLimitsConceptsOneselfDeterminedManifestationMuseFulfillingWeariness Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“There is a French expression that says: to be exposed to an accident, to cross a street without looking at the cars means exposing oneself to be run over. This is more than a play with words, it's fundamental.” MeanPlayRunningStreetsCarExpressionCrossesFundamentalsOneselfAccidentsExposedExposing Author:Paul Virilio
“One does not concern oneself with the expressions, but rather with life. You are looking at life through the wrong end of the telescope when you look at the expressions of life.” LooksDoeEndsExpressionConcernOneselfTelescopes Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.” MenEducationExpressionOneselfGood ManEducate Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel