D. H. Lawrence Quotes

My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.

I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.

I can pretty much get in touch with my evil side pretty easily.

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

My demons and I are not compatible. We never have been and never will be.

I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself.

However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself.

If thou has not seen the devil, look at thine own self.

It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.

At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies.

There is but one freedom, To put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved, and not the reverse.

Your enemy is still yourself. You don't have enemies. They may be self-styled. I have plenty of self-styled enemies. I don't wish them harm.

Happy people are not their own enemies, do not carry on an endless war with their souls. We may be fiercely at odds with the wrongs of the world around us. But inside ourselves, near the core, if we are happy, we are at peace.

Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.

Women shouldn’t deny their dark side. Sometimes those demons are frightening and sometimes they’re beautiful. You’ll have to approach them. Drink a glass of wine with them, take them for a walk on the beach, examine yourself.

The ego promotes turmoil because it wants to substantiate your separateness from everyone, including God. It will push you in the direction of judgment and comparison, and cause you to insist on being right and best. You know your highest self by listening to the voice that only wants you to be at peace.

Don't take my devils away, because my angels may flee too.

Anything in life that we don't accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it.

Having failed to conquer myself, my best hope now is to arrange an alliance with myself.

Your life will be transformed when you make peace with your shadow.

I crawled in the bathroom, looked in the mirror and saw the devil. It was me.

But even her demons she invested with inordinate beauty, consecrated them with the dignity of her attention.

We all invite our own devils, and we must exorcise our own.