Aloof Quotes
74 Aloof quotes by 67 unique authors
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He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private…
— Theodor Adorno
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There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from…
— Walter Savage Landor
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Meditation is not contemplation because it is not thinking at all - consistent, inconsistent, crazy, sane. It is not thinking at all; it is witnessing.…
— Rajneesh
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Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats the Good, by…
— Franz Kafka
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There is only one law of Nature-the second law of thermodynamics-which recognises a distinction between past and future more profound than the difference of plus…
— Arthur Eddington
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Meditation simply means a discipline that makes you capable of being aloof and detached from your mind. So even if the mind is sick, your…
— Rajneesh
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Don't choose. If you choose, you will be in the quagmire. Don't choose! A choiceless awareness is the goal. Just remain aloof; don't choose. The…
— Rajneesh
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In these divine pleasures permitted to me of walks in the June night under moon and stars, I can put my life as a fact…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To know that you are neither the body nor mind, watch yourself steadily and live unaffected by your body and mind, completely aloof, as if…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.
— Paul Newman
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But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire…
— Thomas Jefferson
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There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I…
— J D Salinger
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Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable…
— Cynthia Heimel
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In like manner, everyone who has received from God the power of distinguishing and yet follows an unskillful pastor and receives a false opinion for…
— Ignatius of Antioch
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When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became very aloof. If…
— Ashley Judd
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Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness…
— Sigmund Freud
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I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.
— Trent Reznor
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It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.
— Trudi Canavan
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If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be found…
— Lucy Parsons
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There is no real independent self, aloof from other human beings, inspecting the world, inspecting other people. You are, in fact, connected not just via…
— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its own…
— Allen Toussaint
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But one thing you have to understand clearly is that it is the man who longs for domination, and it is the woman who dominates.…
— Rajneesh
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John asked me to dance and I nearly died. Bingo! I then amazed myself by being very cool, calm and collected outwardly-inside I was out…
— Cynthia Lennon
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Staying aloof is not a solution, it is a cowardly evasion.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us…
— Henry David Thoreau
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