“The surface personality is only the beginning of what we are. So as we meditate, we still that surface personality, we can see beyond it, and we see that we encompass multitudes.” InspirationalStillsBuddhismPersonalitySurfaceMultitudes Author:Frederick Lenz
“Just as words have two functions - information and creation - so each human mind has two personalities, one on the surface, one deeper down. The upper personality... is conscious and alert... The lower personality is a... perfect fool, but without it there is no literature.” MindHumansTwoLiteraturePerfectCreativityInformationCreationFoolPersonalityConsciousFunctionDeeperSurfaceHuman MindTwo Personalities Author:E. M. Forster
“Tranquillizers do not change our environment, nor do they change our personalities. They merely reduce our responsiveness to stimuli. They dull the keen edge of the angers, fears, or anxiety with which we might otherwise react to the problems of living. Once the response has been dulled, the irritating surface noise of living muted or eliminated, the spark and brilliance are also gone.” Has BeensProblemMightGoneEnvironmentPersonalityAnxietyResponseEdgesSurfaceNoiseDullSparksOur EnvironmentStimulusBrillianceIrritatingResponsivenessLiving Once Author:Indra Devi
“Because crime stories reveal an aspect of our personality that everybody has, but which we normally keep very deeply hidden. We like to talk about the good sides of ourselves. We don't like to talk about our hatreds, our distrusts of one another, our secrets, but crime stories drag those things to the surface and consequently they fascinate people and always have throughout all history.” PeopleStoriesSidesSecretCrimePersonalityAspectHatredSurfaceDragDistrustVery Deep Author:Bill James
“When you live on your own for a long time, however, your personality changes because you go so much into yourself you lose the ability to be social, to understand what is and isn't normal behavior. There is an entire world inside yourself, and if you let yourself, you can get so deep inside it you will forget the way to the surface. Other people keep our souls alive, just like food and water does with our body.” PeopleIfsWorldWayLongDoeSoulBodySocialWaterLosesAbilityForgetAlivePersonalityBehaviorNormalLong TimeSurfaceDeep Inside Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God