You know the Model of your Car. You know just what its powers are. You treat it with a deal of care,… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share Image
It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The people in Miami are so different from anywhere else I've been in America. They're so down to earth, really friendly, and… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
... the core of sin is a lack of self-esteem. ... Sin is psychological self-abuse. ... the most serious sin is one… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
Each contact is an opportunity for your own unique satsang with your Self, not in some strained or contrived way, but by… — Mooji Copy Share Image
No one really needs me," he says, and there is no self-pity in his voice. It's true his family doesn't need him.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
The Bible constantly warns against a merely mercenary relationship with God - a friendship of convenience or self-interest. We should not love… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
It suits my own attitude toward the world and its people to believe that the Raven is this completely self-centered, uninvolved bringer… — Bill Reid Copy Share Image
Art glows with faith even in its weakest parts. At every moment, writing is an act of self-confidence – the sheerest, most… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
My main interest... is the love of truth, whether pleasant or not. Truth is self-sufficient, and there is nothing to which it… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Life is everything. Life is God. Everything shifts and moves, and this movement is God. And while there is life, there is… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Ego is more interested in proclaiming its existence than in basking in the limitless energy of real spirituality. I entreat you to… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When something bad happens is when you really learn. It causes self-examination, it causes you to take a look at yourself. You… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
It is easy to become the dupe of a deferred purpose, of the promise the future can never keep, and I had… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Terrorism is a word with little content - it is a label for brutalities committed by ‘the enemy’, and from which one’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I do know that some people believe that I see gender as a "choice" rather than as an essential and firmly fixed… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Spiritually, trees play a unique role in the Jewish and Christian scriptures, from the Garden of Eden to the Cross of Christ.… — Elizabeth A. Johnson Copy Share Image
Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“There is no need to find a solution. 'You' just have to keep Seeing! Keep Seeing how much the anger has increased,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
In the search for our best selves, several questions will guide our thinking: Am I what I want to be? Am I… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
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The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Suicide rates have not slumped under the onslaught of antidepressants, mood-stabilizers, anxiolytic and anti-psychotic drugs; the jump in suicide rates suggests that… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
We use similar products. Our focus industry is healthcare and hospitality. But we haven?t done anything interactive. The first day full of… — Milton Jones Copy Share Image
In time of crisis, we summon up our strength. Then, if we are lucky, we are able to call every resource, every… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
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Certainly I'm participating in an already established and awesome tradition, but it's a tradition that sort of shoots up and through the… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
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The focus of my life begins at home with family, loved ones and friends. I want to use my resources to create… — Merlin Olsen Copy Share Image
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