Quotes About Self-discovery

Life, after all, was a secret with the self. The more one gave out, the less there remained for the center--that center which she coveted for herself and recognized instantly in others. Fruits had it, the very heart of, say, a cherry, where the true worth and flavor lay. Some of course were flawed or hollow in there. Many, in fact.

I have learned to fail. And I have had my say.

Oh, the things I haven't seen and the things I haven't known, What with hedges and ditches till after I was grown, And yanked both ways by my mother and my father, With a "Which would you better?" and a "Which would you rather?" With him for a sire and her for a dam, What should I be but just what I am?

The past was an empty space, a blurry movie in which they had played the parts, on their own, of other people they'd forgotten.

Hann reisti sér loftkastala úr slitróttum minningum.

Tenía los ojos fijos adelante, sin mirar a nadie ni nada en particular, como quien busca respuestas dentro de sí mismo. Por fin habló, aunque fue breve: "Cagamos", declaró, y bajó la mirada.

Su hábito de mirarse en los espejos no tiene nada que ver ni con quererse ni con gustarse. Siempre ha sido ni más ni menos que otro intento de aprender a saber quién carajos es él mismo

ljubav je bozhansko osecanje i svaka nova zaljubljenost obavezno u sebi nosi i senku zhalosti zbog delica sopstvenog ja koje se daruje objektu strasti.

So I lived alone. The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally.

There comes a time in a man's life when he has to pull up stakes. Has to light out. Has to stop straddling, and start cutting, fence.

I was twenty-nine years old and I wasn't a very good poet and I wasn't a very good novelist, [so] I thought I would try writing a play, which seems to have worked out a little better.

I had not been stranded upon the shore of this strange world to find myself alone and companionless.

we want to remove our make-up and take off what is false and be real. But somewhere a piece of disguise that we forgot sticks to us … And so we walk around, a mockery and a mere half: neither having achieved being nor actors. RAINER MARIA RILKE

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are.

Do you know me?

Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul.

Meditation is to know oneself as one is. It is see our real face with out any mask.

Seeing the root of the matter is found in me.

Before you can break out of prison, you must first realize you're locked up.

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

You can tell a child is growing up when he stops asking where he came from and starts refusing to tell where he is going.

Birth takes a woman's deepest fears about herself and show her that she is stronger than them.

Telling your kids to define their identities and behaviour by their feelings is just setting them up to have confusing and difficult lives.