Rowan Ricardo Phillips Quotes

The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself.

I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself.

Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

Writing about feeling disconnected has enabled me to connect, and that has been the most lovely thing of all.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.

I don't believe I have a mission. Sometimes I really have a spiritual need to say something more general about the world, and sometimes something personal.

You can know what's in your life when you know what's in your heart.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.

I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters.

I still have moments when I close myself in, but I wouldn't be on the path that I am with the career that I've had if I didn't have a deep understanding of the sense of my inner freedom.

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.

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that 'a quiet conscience makes one strong!'