The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
-Anna Quindlen
Quotations
Self - Discovery
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
-Ben Stein
We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
-Alexis Carrel
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
-George Moore
Truth hurts - not the searching after; the running from!
-John Eyberg
If you have known yourself, you have known everything else. Know that, by knowing which, you will know everything else. The Bible says, “Seek that kingdom within you.” Once you have found that, then everything else will be automatically added unto you; you don’t have to go looking for things outside; they will all come to you.
-Satchidananda Saraswati "Swami Satchidananda"
Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be.
-Robert Brault
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
-Jean De La Fontaine
By self-study, by observing, by being hollow and empty, you become a channel - you become a part of the Divine. You are able to feel the presence of Divinity. All the different angels and devas, all these different forms of our consciousness, start blossoming.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar"
