Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
-Alexis Carrel
Quotations
Self - Discovery
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
-Ben Stein
By self-study, by observing, by being hollow and empty, you become a channel - you become a part of the Divine. You are able to feel the presence of Divinity. All the different angels and devas, all these different forms of our consciousness, start blossoming.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar"
Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can starve from a lack of bread.
-Richard Wright
"Native Son"
About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
-Thomas Albert “Tom” Wilson
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
-Nelson Mandela
No one remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
-Anonymous
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
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
-George Moore
Knowing who you are is the best defense against who they think you are.
-Dodinsky
