Jeremy Taylor Quotes

The world is a reflection of who we are and if we don't like the reflection, it doesn't really help to break the mirror.

Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.

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

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

What one discovers in life, I find, is that one's personality defects don't come and go.

I like stories where people have to face some big demons internally. It always seems to be an element of horror, because it's pretty scary to have to face yourself and the things you're most worried about: your own abilities and your own capabilities and your own level of competence in being a hero.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.

How well I walk my talk, and not talk my talk, determines the quality of my engagement, of all my experience with what is quite personally my God. I'm my greatest teacher, and within me, I have the power to push myself deeper and higher.

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

The truth is that you shouldn't match your insides to other people's outsides. Life is an inside job, and we just have to do our best.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals.

The real discovery of having your consciousness raised was never that you'd be handed tools; it was the discovery that the only real leverage you get in life is yourself.

You can't escape from yourself, can you?

Rejection should ignite soul-searching, and the soul-searching must be absolutely honest.

Wherever you are in life, look at your beliefs. They put you there