Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Not just part of us becomes a teacher. It engages the whole self - the woman or man, wife or husband, mother… — Sylvia Ashton-Warner Copy Share Image
Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be? — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government. — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“Possessions and positions may promote our happiness but cannot create it. Happiness is a state created by self through the realization of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The scars on the face have always given me a sense that I'm not a very attractive person. I'm always unsure of… — Trudie Styler Copy Share Image
Now the code of life of the High Middle Ages said something entirely opposite to this: that it was precisely lack of… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
A pivotal spiritual attribute is that of self-mastery-th e strength to place reason over appetite. Self-mastery builds a strong conscience. And your… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The best way to overcome the world is not with morality or self-discipline. Christians overcome the world by seeing the beauty and… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Throughout most of our history, nothing - not flood, famine, plague, or new weapons - has endangered humanity one-tenth as much as… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
“Jesus expressed intense anger toward those who where immoral, such as the self-righteous Pharisees, but he never suggested that they were demonized.… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
As long as a man is persuaded that he can make even the smallest contribution to his salvation, he remains self-confident and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord,… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“Who is considered to have become a Vitaraag (free from all worldly attachments)? It is the One who remembers nothing else besides… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Some build their sense of personal worth by comparing themselves to others. That approach can lead to feelings of inadequacy or superiority.… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
The essence of the teachings is to lose self importance and to care more for the welfare of others and the magical… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Our inherent form is as the absolute Self (Parmatma). How can one remain negligent like this? It is not worth remaining negligent… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are two types of egoism: one is living and other one is lifeless. As long as the living egoism is there,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I know myself as mortal, but this raises the question: "What is I?" Am I an individual, or am I an evolving… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
[Travel seems] not just a way of having a good time, but something that every self-respecting citizen ought to undertake, like a… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
To those human beings who are of any concern to me, I wish suffering, desolation, sickness, ill treatment, indignities, profound self-contempt, the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
The [National Socialist] Party...is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle: The… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Without poetry, religion becomes obscure, false, and malignant; without philosophy, licentious in all wantonness, and lascivious to the point of self-castration. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization… — Alana Stewart Copy Share Image
I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy. — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you’re sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
Self-recognition, the self-contemplation of spirit is the primary movement out of which all creativeness proceeds. — Paul Twitchell Copy Share Image