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Yourself Quotes (page 41)

Rumi quote: "Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast! For when..."
Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast! For when you do, you will see thousands of rose gardens in yourself. Rumi
You get used to being naked, that's the first thing that Ivan discovered. Crashing through thick brush with branches snagging at your bare skin, you stop worrying about who's looking and and spend your time trying to keep yourself from being flayed alive. He got shy again when they entered the village, but once he decided simply to let the gawkers gawk, he found himself much more interested in what he was seeing than what they were. Orson Scott Card
Dorothy Allison quote: "That was what gospel was meant to do - make you hate and love..."
That was what gospel was meant to do - make you hate and love yourself at the same time, make you ashamed and glorified. Dorothy Allison
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers for the middle-aged or elderly writer, whose thoughts should more properly be turned to graver matters, occupying himself with the trivial concerns of imaginary people. For if the proper study of mankind is man it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial, and significant creatures of fiction than with the... W. Somerset Maugham
Patience is more than endurance. A saint's life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, and He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says--'I cannot stand anymore.' God does not heed, He goes on stretching till His purpose is in sight, then He lets fly. Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. Oswald Chambers
The more sensitive you are, the more certain you are to be brutalized, develop scabs, never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything, because you always feel to much. Marlon Brando
Confucius quote: "Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking..."
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. Confucius
With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty, which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself everything but health, without which there is no happiness. Thomas Jefferson
Ani DiFranco quote: "When you sit right down in the middle of yourself you're gonna..."
When you sit right down in the middle of yourself you're gonna wanna have a comfortable chair. Ani DiFranco
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. Ralph Waldo Emerson
To the same degree that your understanding of and attitude towards Afrika becomes more positive, your understanding of and attitude towards yourself will also becomes more positive... Malcolm X
Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life. Paul Theroux
Charlotte Bronte quote: "As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends..."
As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself. Charlotte Bronte
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you. Amelia Earhart
Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom.Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace Dean Koontz

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