Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
-Alexis Carrel
Quotations
Self - Discovery
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
-Michelangelo
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
-Thomas Stephen Szasz
You might say that we use ourselves to discover ourselves.
-Judith Hanson Lasater
About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
-Thomas Albert “Tom” Wilson
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
-George Moore
Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can starve from a lack of bread.
-Richard Wright
"Native Son"
Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
Knowing who you are is the best defense against who they think you are.
-Dodinsky
There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are.
-Robert Brault
