If we were a culture of high-risk alcoholics, and suddenly we had Jack Daniels piped into our houses, we would be feeding… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
It must be those brief moments when nothing has happened - nor is going to. Tiny moments, like islands in the ocean… — Hans Børli Copy Share Image
I became hugely overweight and then hated myself because it was a form of self-abuse, something over which I had no control.… — Marcus Brigstocke Copy Share Image
Taken as a whole, Europe's share of world output is projected to fall by almost a third in the next two decades.… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Pope had been flattered till he thought himself one of the moving powers of the system of life. When he talked of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Many of Bonnard's later paintings are shot through with a powerful sense of morbidity. The self-portraits he painted after catching sight of… — Andrew Graham-Dixon Copy Share Image
The principal use of prudence, of self-control, is that it teaches us to be masters of our passions, and to so control… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not. They may… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
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When I was younger, I did self-mutilate. I'd be upset, so I'd do it, & it would calm me down. It's a… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
Mary adored Jesus as the Bridegroom of souls. Union is the final purpose of love. Jesus by the gift of His substance… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
When he thought of her, it rather amazed him, that he had let that girl with her violin go. Now, of course,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
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Strange, when one thinks of all the other boys, infinite experimental kisses, test tube infatuations, crushes, pseudo-loves. All through this physical separation,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The ego is nothing but condensed unawareness. When you become aware by and by that condensed unawareness we call 'ego' disappears. Just… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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The point of the overall meditative path is to have Wakefulness (or Consciousness as Such) transcend and include all state-realms, so it… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
For when you see that the universe cannot be distinguished from how you act upon it, there is neither fate nor free… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We legislate against forestalling and monopoly; we would have a common granary for the poor; but the selfishness which hoards thecorn for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will - the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God. It is saying… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
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This civil action is another case of a tragedy that has become all too familiar in the music industry: a business manager… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
But I realized something. About art. And psychiatry. They're both self-perpetuating systems. Like religion. All three of them promise you a sense… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
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A conservative party that reshapes its self-presentation according to the suggestions of the liberal media, of course, may very well get what… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Examine yourself to see whether you have within you a strong sense of your own self importance, or negatively, whether you have… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
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