And he loved the way she punctured his stoicism and exposed his hidden self, always urging him to "go out and achieve your dreams".
His librarian mother was the self-improver, urging her two sons and one daughter towards fulfilment through education.
Reinterpreting many of the old mystical ideas in the light of modern teachings, he taught the quiescent Muslim peoples self-awareness, urging them to develop their personalities to achieve true individualism.
How do you accomplish the things your inner-self is urging you to do before your last day on earth?
He boosted Luchian's self-confidence, urging him to apply his talents to illustrating "an idea", and was entirely adverse to Grigorescu's traditionalist manner.
The animal self's urges are powerful and nearly impossible to resist.
Rather than using the mirror to look at one's physical self, he urges viewers to "draw the gaze outwards to the immediate environment and the cosmos".
The removal of objects used for self-harm from easy reach is also helpful for resisting self-harming urges.
Writing Ugly became a battle against those self-censoring urges.
I've been saved twice, once from the lion and once from my own self-destructive urges.
