Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing
is a courageous act: picking the results and
actions which you will make into your destiny.
- Peter Senge
My belief is that personal freedom cannot grow
beyond personal responsibility. The more people
that learn to be fully accountable for their
lives, the more freedom each of us can enjoy and
the more fulfilling all of our lives will be.
- Reed Konsler
I cannot conceive of a personal God who would
directly influence the actions of individuals, or
would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his
own creation. I cannot do this in spite of the
fact that mechanistic causality has, to a certain
extent, been placed in doubt by modern science.
[He was speaking of Quantum Mechanics and the
breaking down of determinism.] My religiosity
consists in a humble admiratation of the
infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in
the little that we, with our weak and transitory
understanding, can comprehend of reality.
Morality is of the highest importance -- but for
us, not for God
- Albert Einstein
The Human Side, 1954
There is a personal element in the search [for the
intelligent power behind life] that is more
important than mastery over the whole science of
Yoga
- Paramhansa Yogananda
A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives
you a tremendous feeling confidence and personal
power.
- Brian Tracy
Enlightenment is the sudden recognition that
non-duality is, has always been, and will always
be the reality of our experience. Duality is an
illusion. Consciousness is not private and
personal, but impersonal, universal, and eternal.
There is no limited personal entity, no conscious
ego. The ego is a perceived object, not the all
perceiving awareness
- Francis Lucille
To be a soulful person means to go against all the
pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture
and instead treasure what is unique and internal
and valuable in yourself and your own personal
evolution.
- Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D
The trouble with many plans is that they are based
on the way things are now. To be successful, your
personal plan must focus on what you want, not what
you have.
- Nido Qubein
Over the years I have learned that motherhood is
much like an austere religious order, the joining
of which obligates one to relinquish all claims to
personal possessions.
- Nancy Stahl
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge
to reach your full potential... these are the keys
that will unlock the door to personal excellence
- Eddie Robinson
A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the
personal life into the world of objective
perception and thought.
- Albert Einstein
The true teacher defends his pupils against his
own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust.
He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit
that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888)
American educator, social reformer