Quotes About Self-discovery

Individuals transcend their primary identification with their bodies and experience ego-free states," one of the researchers was quoted as saying. They "return with a new perspective and profound acceptance.

Carl Jung once wrote that it is not the young but people in middle age who need to have an "experience of the numinous" to help them negotiate the second half of their lives. By

was reminded of the "flight instructions" that the guides employed at Johns Hopkins: instead of turning away from any monster that appears, move toward it, stand your ground, and demand to know, "What are you doing in my mind? What do you have to teach me?

Psychedelics are for those of us who aren't so innately gifted.

I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.

I've hated myself since I knew my own name. But 'Bake Off' has simply confirmed to me what a bottom-feeding halfwit I am.

Being sincere and true to yourself is a scary thing but, ultimately, a rewarding one.

The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.

Growing up, when I was about 14, I used to dress as a girl back then and sing.

It's tough, because I come to Singapore, and people say I'm not Singaporean, and I go to England, and people say I'm not English. It's really hard to find your place, not just in the entertainment industry, but in life.

Like a bathroom singer, I am a closet artist, but you need time to paint.

I had wanted to be a dancer when I was younger. But at some point I figured out I was a better singer.

I never intended to set out and be a singer-songwriter. I just sort of became one because I put out my own record.

My parents were opera singers. I didn't want to play opera because I wasn't good enough. I didn't want to play their music; I wanted to play the music that I wanted to play, and I'm so lucky that today I get to play that music, even though I don't like every song I write.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

Being single has definitely given me a new lease of life.

People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single.

I don't regret a single decision of mine. Even if I made mistakes, they helped me evolve.

I think people are weirded out that I like being single.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

When the work you're doing every single day is so directly about who you are as an individual and who you are as a person, it can be both exhausting and empowering in different moments.

Single life is so overrated.

You learn so much about yourself as an artist. I never would have thought that I could sing every night, you know? Travel and perform every single night, and travel to another city the next day and do it all over again? You learn a lot of new things about yourself, and you make a lot of connections with people.

I think I've grown a lot in the last few years, and I needed to express myself as an artist on this. It wasn't necessarily about going in and making an album chocked full of hit singles... there were a lot of things I did out of the joy and the want to do it.