We talked about how easy it was to make the mistake of anthropomorphizing animals, and projecting our own feelings and perceptions on… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis… — William Westney Copy Share Image
Tho' the world could turn from you, This, at least, I learn from you: Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy… — Robert Williams Buchanan Copy Share Image
Our understanding of what constitutes intelligence is utterly relative. If an aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, for example, all of Western civilization… — John Robbins Copy Share Image
I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along while we live, it hath faithful company… — John Owen Copy Share Image
When you're thirty-five, you can't take as much booze ... and I always got a little violent on drink...So it was kind… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In fact, I lost my dad at a young age and had to put myself through school. I didn't have a lot… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
I've seen over and over how much self-belief drives outcomes. And that's why I force myself to sit at the table, even… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image
“Who was the real me? I can only repeat: I was a man of many faces. At meetings I was earnest, enthusiastic,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Since our awareness of others is considered our duty, the price we pay when things go wrong is guilt and self-hatred. And… — Nancy Chodorow Copy Share Image
When I read the Bible, I see that we should have victory in our life and be overcomers, and I can't even… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had been self-publishing for a number of years at that stage and selling my books at markets around Melbourne - little… — Andy Griffiths Copy Share Image
Without boxing, because of my neighborhoods, who knows what would have happened to me. It was always about following the leader. And… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs are not… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
To take, for example, my own death: what I consider most likely to be true is that death will be the complete… — Bryan Magee Copy Share Image
When we start to talk about gurus, we're talking about beings who actually know what this is all about. They know who… — Krishna Das Copy Share Image
I treasure the fact there's media freedom, but with that goes responsibility. I think that there should be a self-regulatory organization and… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
To conceive music, to execute it in front of others, to make it so others can do it...it can be pretty humbling,… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The buying of a self-help book is the most desperate of all human acts. It means you've lost your mind completely: You've… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
By connecting with one's Divine Self, Carol Whitaker has captured the essence of transformation from within. Like a diet for the mind,… — Laura M. Brotherson Copy Share Image
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
In short, Israel is the measure of our failings and our incompetence. We have waited for a great leader for years, but… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
I learned in my Ph.D. the discipline I needed to be successful. Most boxers are not that disciplined. They have talent, but… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
But what must be the character of that policy, which aims at national prosperity through the impoverishment of a large proportion of… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
There is a certain point of unity within the self, and between the self and its world, certain complicity and magnetic mating,… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
I embrace the concept of enlightened self-interest - that in doing something for others, people also reap profound benefits for themselves. It… — Simon McKeon Copy Share Image
In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
In practice, the goal of skepticism is not the discovery of truth, but the exposure of other people's errors. It plays a… — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
There is only this now. It does not come from anywhere; it is not going anywhere. It is not permanent, but it… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
If you have a high-way on Everest, you don't meet the mountain. If everything is prepared, and you have a guide who… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image
Well for me, courage means having the courage to walk off the edge of what is known, with complete faith that you're… — Brad Willis Copy Share Image
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