Muladhara, 1st Chakra
A trembling in the bones may carry a more convincing testimony than the dry documented deductions of the brain. ~Llewelyn Powers
There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it. ~Elizabeth A. Behnke
I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. ~Henry David Thoreau
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. ~Henry Miller
Every man is the builder of a Temple called his body, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. ~Henry David Thoreau
The body never lies. ~Martha Graham
What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera. ~Aldous Huxley
Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. ~Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. ~Confucius
Svadhisthana, 2nd Chakra
To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man’s heart. ~Francesco Guicciardini
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. ~Alfred Adler
Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it. ~Vincent Van Gogh, 1889
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh. ~Henry Fielding
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. ~Epicurus
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. ~Louisa May Alcott
Chiefly the mold of a man’s fortune is in his own hands. ~Francis Bacon
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. ~Author Unknown
The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. ~Lady Bird Johnson
Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right. ~Henry Ford
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Put your future in good hands – your own. ~Author Unknown
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
The words "I am" are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you’re claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you. ~A.L. Kitselman
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ~Anaïs Nin, Diary, 1969
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. ~Henrik Ibsen
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself. ~Michel de Montaigne
If I am not for myself, who will be? ~Pirke Avoth
Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul. ~Henry Van Dyke, The Prison and the Angel
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss – an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. – is sure to be noticed. ~The Sickness Unto Death
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war. ~Charles Caleb Colton
A wise man never loses anything if he have himself. ~Michel de Montaigne, translated
Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, "This I am today; that I will be tomorrow." ~Louis L’Amour
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me. ~Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588
I am,
indeed,
a king,
because I know how
to rule myself.
~Pietro Aretino, 10 May 1537
Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got. ~Janis Joplin
The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose. ~Richard Grant
He who knows others is learned;
He who knows himself is wise.
~Lao-tzu, Tao te Ching
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ~Sallust
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. ~Seneca
Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. ~Shakti Gawain
You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. ~Irene C. Kassorla
Life is the sum of all your choices. ~Albert Camus
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