Scott Weiland Quotes

Sometimes it seems like we're closer to our manicurists than we are our own souls. We have to find ways to get in touch with that and to listen to it and to hear it.

I wanted to try and trace the genuine origins of 'Johnny' and how he so successfully staged this takeover of 'Michael Pennington.' 'Johnny' is a contradiction to who I am as a person. I'm not very good at confrontation, I have a tendency to internalise and to carry things around.

Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on the road, or you won't know where you are going. Have a practice or discipline that lets you be in touch with your inner self, your soul.

Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in my soul. I forfeited my ability to listen creatively to my deepest self, to my own God within.

It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.

I listen to myself, listen to my heart.

You just listen to your own heart. That is your only teacher.

Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say

Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.

Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.

Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.

I'm terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but it's taken me this long to realise you don't have to marry a guy after three days or dump him.

The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.

I work on myself daily to be a better person. When I react in a negative way to somebody, I sit back and think about why I did it, so I'm always working on myself, and my music is the same.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.

Is instinct in the head or in the heart? Off the field, I follow my good instincts which steer me in the right direction. Sometimes on the field my head leads me astray. That's what I believe.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

Everything I've ever taught in terms of self-help boils down to this - I cannot believe people keep paying me to say this - if something feels really good for you, you might want to do it. And if it feels really horrible, you might want to consider not doing it. Thank you, give me my $150.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.

When people disappoint you, it's just as much your responsibility to be aware of it and what you don't want.

Authenticity is the ability to listen to what nature tells us. Listening isn't the same thing as never making a mistake, but the important thing is to learn.

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.