#elf

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. ↗

— Anna Jameson

#himself #man #only #wise #wise man

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself. ↗

— Anna Jameson

#aspire #changing #earnestly #frame #itself

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations. ↗

— Gerald Jampolsky

#creative person #herself #him #limitations #person

If I stay alert, then I can challenge myself, and by challenging myself, that helps me to stay alive and to hopefully take something away from the experience. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#alive #away #challenge #challenging #experience

Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance. If we are holding back from any part of our experience, if our heart shuts out any part of who we are and what we feel, we are fueling the fears and feelings of separation that sustain the trance of unworthiness. Radical Acceptance directly dismantles the very foundations of this trance. ↗

— Tara Brach

#lovingkindness #self-confidence #spirituality #experience

Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#anything #consider #i #jazz #legend

I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#beg #deal #effort #friends #get

The people of one county can not be indifferent to the welfare of the people in another county. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#county #indifferent #people #welfare

The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#being #history #intellect #itself #like

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#alone #error #itself #needs #stand