#elf

The truth will set you free (The Bible) ↗

— Robert Baohm

#inspirational #self-help #inspirational

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools. ↗

— Marguerite Yourcenar

#knowledge #self #intelligence

Intelligent, thinking people could take things like this in their stride, just as they took the larger absurdities of deadly dull jobs in the city and deadly dull homes in the suburbs. Economic circumstances might force you to live in this environment, but the important thing was to keep from being contaminated. The important thing, always, was to remember who you were. ↗

— Richard Yates

#self #true-to-self #truth #intelligence

Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#coward #enemies #fearful #low-self-esteem #retreat

To be yourself requires extraordinary intelligence. You are blessed with that intelligence; nobody need give it to you; nobody can take it away from you. He who lets that express itself in its own way is a "Natural Man". ↗

— U.G. Krishnamurti

#intelligence

...wanting soul life without the dark, warming intelligence of personal doubt is like expecting an egg without the brooding heat of the mother hen. ↗

— David Whyte

#soul #spirit #intelligence

This inner Being is all powerful, intelligent, indestructible and a storehouse of knowledge and wisdom. This inner core is truly who and what you are and is perpetually trying to connect with your outward self. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#confident #empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#people-skills #self-interest #intelligence

The eye of your mind—your intelligence; the eye of your heart—your conscience; and the eye of your soul—your instinct. ↗

— Melissa McPhail

#living-in-the-present #self-awareness #inspirational

I had a cup of tea, thought about my day and mostly about the horse whom, though I'd only known him a short time, I called my friend. I have few friends and am glad to have a horse for a friend. After the meal I smoked a cigarette and mused on the luxury it would be to go out, instead of talking to myself and boring myself to death with the same endless stories I'm forever telling myself. I am a very boring person, despite my enormous intelligence and distinguished appearance, and nobody knows this better than I. I've often told myself that if only I were given the opportunity, I'd perhaps become the centre of intellectual society. But by dint of talking to myself so much, I tend to repeat the same things all the time. But what can you expect? I'm a recluse. ↗

— Leonora Carrington

#recluses #solitude #talking-to-oneself #death