a passing apparition
or the sudden flash
of lightning -- already gone --
thus should one regard one's self. ~ Ikkyu
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change. ~ Katharine Hepburn
You are who you are when nobody's watching. ~ Stephen Fry
Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.) ~ Cicero
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune. ~ C. G. Jung
You have the answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~ Pat Obuchowski
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