Comte de Lautreamont Quotes

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.

When you walk 10 hours, 11 hours a day by yourself, you are doing a walking meditation.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

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

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its own sophisms, and keep it on guard against the fallacies which it practices on others

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.

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.

Once you master how your own consciousness operates, anything can be desired and achieved.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

It has been an interesting road, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world, because I feel like all of those instances in my life I felt molded me and strengthened me and made me who I am.

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

Well, I was passionately curious about what my body was doing, and when I got the lessons on how to meditate, it seemed really solid to me. It seemed real.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

For me, writing something down was the only road out.