#elf

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#advice

We can have all the food and water we need, but without the sustenance of real story, real art — without the wisdom, insight, and “life instruction” it brings — we will stagnate as a culture and become a swamp where quality life can no longer be sustained. So share your gifts! Share your art! ↗

— Derek Rydall

#emergence #law-of-emergence #selfhelp #spirituality #art

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

— Hillman Curtis

#design #envy #inspiration #psyche #self

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician ↗

— Charles Chaplin

#self-image #politicians

One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#come #find #i #lot #myself

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#self-image #sense-of-self #stories #storytelling #story

Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope. ↗

— Jane Austen

#self-actualization #names

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#self-control #aspiration

I lay on my floor crying again… shaking. Searching for inner strength and coming up empty. My eyes burned and my mouth was dry as I sucked on air that seemed to keep getting thicker and harder to breathe. I tried to leave again, but ended up leaning my forehead against the door, feeling defeated and wishing the Grim Reaper would come for me in all his silky, black glory. ↗

— Nathan Daniels

#anxiety #non-fiction #self-harm #suicide #anxiety

I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#teenagers #self-confidence