Igor Stravinsky Quotes

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom.

They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.

One of the marvels of the world: The sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in its hand.

Even behind bars, even on Death Row, you can fail up, because life is about committing ourselves on a daily basis to the best in us. Freedom is a state of mind. Freedom is an attitude. Freedom is a spirit. You may be behind bars, but you still have the capacity to be free.

For in this world, marked by sin, the gravitational pull of our lives is weighted by the chains of the "I" and the "self." These chains must be broken to free us for a new love that places us in another gravitational field where we can enter new life.

An excuse is the tool our weak self uses to prevent our strongest self from reaching greatness.

On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.

The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.

When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and evolving to a higher level - that's when panic strikes. When we experience panic, it means that we're about to cross a threshold. We're poised on the doorstep of a higher plane.

Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell.

Discomfort is the call to set yourself free.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied to its back. But release the impediment, and we are free to soar to unprecedented heights.

Meditation is a way of moving into the unlimited dimension of who you are - it is the ultimate freedom.

I'm proud of people who have the determination and the fearlessness to actually go and face their demons and get better.

When you forgive, you're not doing God a favor, you are giving yourself the gift of freedom.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential than all external limitations put together.

You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you.

To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.

It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.

What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.

A strong human spirit with control over appetites of the flesh is master over emotions and passions and not a slave to them. That kind of freedom is as vital to the spirit as oxygen is to the body! Freedom from self-slavery is true liberation!

Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.

Words empower us, move us beyond our suffering, and set us free.