Geoff Johns Quotes

Discipline yourself. Be conscious of what you think, and what you like. What gets you mad? What gets you in your feelings? Figure that stuff out and take control of it so nobody else can control you.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

You can know what's in your life when you know what's in your heart.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

I've learned in my life that I have to focus on the things that I can control and what I can control is what comes out of my mouth and how I respond to people.

With work and life, your true depth can become an alien thing to you. Your gut feelings, your instincts become buried.

I think one big thing for me that I need to work on is being able to separate my feelings and emotions from my matches.

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by strong emotion, do we remember that it is our path? Can we feel the emotion and breathe it into our hearts for ourselves and everyone else? If we can remember to experiment like this even occasionally, we are training as a warrior. And when we can't practice when distracted but KNOW we can't, we are still training well. Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.

Learn to breathe, learn to speak, but first... learn to feel.

In time, you won’t need it to do that. You’ll be able to access that part of yourself anytime you need to. But for now, you’ll require a tool to help you channel all that teenage hormonal ADD that’s bouncing around and through you.” – Death

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

The key is your thoughts and feelings, and you have been holding the key in your hand all of your life.

I have very human responses to things, so I had to learn to just be still.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.

People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.

The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.

I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself.