Jonathan E. Steinberg quotes

No matter how much you want to be self-sufficient and alone, there is a natural human impulse to need something more than that.
-- Jonathan E. Steinberg

#Self #Needs #Want

At some point in the journey of being in it for yourself, you realize you need other people. Any good frontier story, in some respect, is about that.
-- Jonathan E. Steinberg

#Journey #People #Needs

There are realities about what it is to be a woman in this world that are born from social convention. No matter how far away you are from civilization, you can't fully get away from that.
-- Jonathan E. Steinberg

#Reality #Civilization #World

We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.

One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.

I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.

Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self.

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out of a feverish greed to be able to swallow the ending – sweet or sour – and to be done with what I need never have embarked on. Are you in my case? Or are you a more discriminating reader? Do you lay aside the unprofitable?

Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.

You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.

Today I am in control because I want to be. I have my fingers on the switch, but have lived a lifetime ignoring the control I have over my own world. Today is different.

I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.