No good can come from beating ourselves up for falling down—for feeling unhappy when we want to feel just the opposite.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street,Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

He was a victim of his own integrity, which forced him to do his best, even when he would have preferred to do nothing at all.

Markings in dry clay disappearOnly when the clay is soft again.Scars upon the self disappearOnly when one becomes soft within.

The moment you open yourself completely to the love that awaits your conscious embrace, you are no longer there to receive it.

Whatever it is I'm born to do, my fear of failing at it has almost become greater than my desire to figure out what it is.

I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.

True, lasting peace comes not through stamping out the ignorance of others, but through cultivating acceptance with ourselves.

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

When you eliminate the Ego's intense desire to be correct, the clarity of the moment can come through. How simple is that?

Like vanishing dew,a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self.

Make this poor self grow less and less, Be Thou my life and aim ; Oh, make me daily, through Thy grace, More worthy of Thy name.

It does wonders for my own psyche to turn envy into inspiration. No matter how successful we become, we're never above that.

Shall you live authentically who you are or will you spend your allotted living the life of someone you imagine your self to be?

I tried so hard not to be compared, so I choose to be different and it came to the point that I don't even recognized myself.