Quotes About Self-discovery

OK, now write for ten minutes, keep the hand moving, tell me what you carry.

We learn writing by doing it. That simple. We don't learn by going outside ourselves to authorities we think know about it.

If you never sit still, it does not even hint to that deeper self in you that you are interested. By practice, by showing up, we are signaling that deep motor, that hum of life, that we are ready: Help us. Pay attention and lead us out of our confusion.

To read and to write is to be empowered. No shackle can ultimately hold you.

SIT DOWN WITH THE plan to write something you have always wanted to write but have never managed to get around to. This time, though, you are not timing yourself. You are sitting down with the determination to write it through, even if it takes all afternoon or night. Relax and ease into it. Promise yourself you'll burn through, put the real stuff down, and not get in your own way.

Suzuki Roshi once said to his Sixties American students that the way they dressed- with beads, long hair, brightly colored clothes-they all looked alike. Shave your heads, wear black robes, he said- Ah, now I can see your uniqueness. Our ideas and intentions can mask and cover up a story; there is a life force that will declare itself if you let it. Get out of the way.

My desolation was that no one knew me and I did not know myself. My family's life was my life. I knew nothing else. I was clothed, fed, given a bed to sleep in, encouraged to marry early and rich, and loved in a generic way -- I was "the big one," which meant the older and my sister was the 'little one" --but no one spoke to me, no one explained anything.

Relax as you read and absorb it, as by osmosis, with your whole body and mind. And don't just read it. Write. Trust yourself. Learn your own needs. Use this book.

Our ideas and intentions can mask and cover up a story; there is a life force that will declare itself if you let it. Get out of the way.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

Anything we fully do is an alone journey.

Anything you do fully is an alone journey.

I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we think, feel, and see before we die. Writing is a path to meet ourselves and become intimate.

There is freedom in being a writer and writing. It is fulfilling your function. I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.

Connection with self never felt so good!

I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.

I might have been made of metal once, but not anymore. Like Pinocchio, I'd turned into a real girl. So far it sucked. But there was nothing I could do about it.

Selbst wenn ich wollte, könnte ich mich nicht mehr in die alte Schneekugel zurückquetschen, in der mich jeder haben will. Das Glas ist längst zerbrochen.

Entonces me preocupé: ¿Qué pasa si me estaba volviendo como Ginger? ¿Qué pasa si no podía ser feliz a menos que estuviera con Robbie, como Ginger no podía ser feliz sin Papi?

Stop the B.S. (BLocking Your Spirit) and Start Living a Life You Love!

It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so many people spend the better part of their lives in hiding--from others and also from themselves.

you must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

I can't get the words out. I have to gather my courage. Courage...it's time to be brave. I'm not going to put the lid back on. This feeling...can't be stopped anymore. It's time to be brave.

I'm so rude. 'If you have trouble with anything...' I don't deserve to have anyone say that to me! 'When you need help, ask for help!' If I asked for help, I would just be...spoiled. Because I haven't done anything yet. I haven't done a single thing. By myself... or starting with myself...I've always just gone with the flow.