Matthew Arnold Quotes

I think you know everything at eight. But is is hidden from you, sealed up, in a way you have to cut yourself open to find.

People are icebergs. So much of us is underneath.

A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of which I am least aware most of the time.

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.

There are so many ways in which the heart of man conceals itself from man!

A mirror reflects what you see, and a black mirror shows the dark side of it.

She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.

Underneath my outside face There's a face that none can see. A little less smiley, A little less sure, But a whole lot more like me.

When I look in the mirror, I see a woman with secrets. When we don’t listen to our intuition, we abandon our souls. And we abandon our souls because we are afraid if we don’t, others will abandon us.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.

Dreams are like portraits; and we find they please because they are confessed resemblances.

A man is like a two-story house. The first floor is equipped with an entrance and a living room. On the second floor is every family member's room. They enjoy listening to music and reading books. On the first underground floor is the ruin of people's memories. The room filled with darkness is the second underground floor.

Inside we are all Golden Buddha's, but we grew to believe we were made of clay. Our ego's false perceptions led us to grow into a belief system that covered our inner light. We've spent years, maybe decades, masking our truth. Now it's time to embrace our light and reconnect with our Golden Buddha within.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.

The real man lies in the depths of subconscious.

At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind

The eyes mirror the heart of a person. An entire life can be seen through them. Love, sorrow, deceit, pain. If you look closely, it’s all there.

Only grown-ups think that the things children say come out of nowhere. We know they come from the deepest parts of ourselves.

Sometimes, Edie, a person's feelings aren't rational. At least, they don't seem that way on the surface. You have to dig a little deeper to understand what lies at the base

Your mind is reason, your heart is your conscience, and in your heart - you will find truth. This is why Truth is always recognized first by the heart. Our minds are simply there to reason with our conscience. The only thinking that matters is that which passes through the heart. Your heart is what connects you to the light of God. He who acts through his heart, truly stands by God.

I'm an actor. Never trust an actor, whatever their energy is. I suppose you guys see that side of me, but I'm sure there's plenty of people close to me who've seen the other one. I think if we're all honest with ourselves, we all know that internal rage.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.