Until we see what we are we cannot take steps to become what we should be.

— Charlotte P. Gilman

Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.

— Ellen Sue Stern

The belief that personality is mysterious and irreducible has no scientific warrant, and is accepted chiefly because it is flattering to our human self esteem.

— Bertrand Russell

Rather than being guided by images of how to be, people need to attend to how they actually are and to respect this.

— Leslie S. Greenberg

Exude happiness and you will feel it back a thousand times.

— Joan Lunden

People's hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what's at the bottom. All you can do is guess from what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.

— Haruki Murakami

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

— Criss Jami

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.

— Kamand Kojouri

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

— Eric Hoffer