Šantidéva (685–763) 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar
§ 5.13
Bodhicaryavatara, A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
“Oh, what am I, and what are they?
Masquers but striving to deceive
Themselves and others; and believe
It is enough, if none shall know
The covered mass of care below.”
The Golden Violet - title poem - introduction
The Golden Violet (1827)
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A Last Confession http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1404/, St. 3 & 4 <br class="br">The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933) <br class="br">Context: p>I gave what other women gave<br>That stepped out of their clothes.<br>But when this soul, its body off,<br>Naked to naked goes,<br>He it has found shall find therein<br>What none other knows,And give his own and take his own<br>And rule in his own right;<br>And though it loved in misery<br>Close and cling so tight,<br>There’s not a bird of day that dare<br>Extinguish that delight.</p
Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist
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Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Now I know who I am: myself and none other. I am Taran.”
Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain
Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book IV: Taran Wanderer (1967), Chapter 21
Context: “I saw myself,” Taran answered. “In the time I watched, I saw strength – and frailty. Pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of wisdom, a little. Of folly, much. Of intentions, many good ones; but many more left undone. In this, alas, I saw myself a man like any other.
“But this, too, I saw,” he went on. “Alike as men may seem, each is different as flakes of snow, no two the same. You told me you had no need to seek the Mirror, knowing you were Annlaw Clay-Shaper. Now I know who I am: myself and none other. I am Taran.”
“I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.”
Wendelin Van Draanen (1965) American writer
Source: The Running Dream