Below are the best quotes we could find on Self-Expression and inner life.
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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.
The weight of this sad time we must obey, speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young shall never see so much, nor live so long.
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Recognizing that people’s reactions don’t belong to you is the only sane way to create.
A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner—continually and stubbornly bringing forth the jewels that are hidden within you—is a fine art, in and of itself.
So this, I believe, is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?
We’re only as sick as the secrets we keep.
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What we create within is mirrored outside of us.
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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
