1,137 Quotes by Kilroy J. Oldster

It is a worthy quest to not simply develop a sense of identity, but become the magnanimous version of the self.

An ego and appreciation for truth, knowledge, and beauty drives creative efforts.

In our contemplative moments, if our silence is deep enough, we can identify our authentic ringtone pinging within audible range of the calamitous roar of all humanity. If we can hear our authentic voice penetrating the turmoil of a fretful night, rest assured that despite the traumatic turmoil, blood-curdling trauma, and incessant greed that frames these trying times, when death snatches us away from earthly fields the villagers will hear the salvo of that silvery bell knelling for thee.

Spiritual poverty, even more than material poverty, exposes weakness in a person’s character.

No one wants to live out a narrow life, have his or her life story read as a stale cliché. The test for a self-fulfilled person is to establish their objectives, stay true to personal goals and values, while operating in a society that might embrace them, hate them, or might be utterly neutral, unacquainted, and indifferent to their existence.

Assuming that external physical causes do not entirely proscribe the outcome of our life journey, we have some say in not only what we do, but also in determining what situations we find ourselves needing to respond, and a combination of our conscious and unconscious responses continue to shape our being.

Every day we are creating a self that stands as a witness and a contributor to the history of our generation, which is a citizen of the world.

The essential humanness of people is that under the press of circumstances human beings tend to economize by developing what we must possess in order to survive.

Their techniques might vary, but the essence of creation infuses all forms of art with the unique perspective of the artist. All artists engage in the act of imaginatively seeing from within and sharing with us their vision of the world on the canvas of their choosing.