Jeremy Denk Quotes

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

I had to find my own path, and in some ways, it's been a good thing.

NOT I - NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.

There is no method except yourself.

A man must walk only his own path...Never another's or his feet will grow tired and sore. And he will feel lost even when he arrives.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Somehow, people get very nervous about leaving the comfortable life of rules behind and never take the chance to develop their own internal voice, to listen to their own consciousness.

Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

I tell my son Corey that the greatest teacher is the teacher who says, 'Don't follow me; follow yourself. Because within you there is that kingdom, that life, that force.'

When I came to Bengaluru, I had just joined college and there was a sting in me to be independent and find my own self. And I feel like I have done that through art and theatre here.

I really wanted to find my own path.

I take pleasure in discovering resourcefulness inside me.

When you go to college, you're on your own. It's you and God. It's a question of what are you made of and how much is God a part of your life. So when I went off to college, I knew that was going to be the case.

My father is good with advice, as you might guess. But he keeps it short, and the takeaway is usually the same: to help us find our own way and our own gifts.

A disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

Off fall the wife, the mother, the lover, the teacher, and the violent artist takes over. I am I alone. I belong to no one but myself. I mate with no one but the spirit. I own no land, have no kin, no friend or enemy. I have no road but this one.

No one behind, no one ahead. The path the ancients cleared has closed. And the other path, everyone's path, easy and wide, goes nowhere. I am alone and find my way.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

A consultant solves other people"s problems. I could never do that. I want to help other people solve their own problems.