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Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have developed… — Sigmund Freud
Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be woken up. That's the reason the wise… — Anthony de Mello
I never notice what is said about me. I am credited with things I have never done, and abused for them. It would be idle… — Jay Gould
In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation… — Humphry Davy
When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to… — Gary Zukav
One set at extreme intensity does the muscle-building job. It must be stressed that the one final, all-out set I do takes me to the… — Dorian Yates
Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day. — Vernon Howard
Freshly brainwashed from rehab, I carry the bottle into the bathroom. I hold it up to the light. See the pretty bottle? Isn't it beautiful?… — Augusten Burroughs
This attempt to isolate cell constituents might have been a failure if they had been destroyed by the relative brutality of the technique employed. But… — Albert Claude
Stupidity is an attempt to iron out all differences, and not to use them or value them creatively. — Bill Mollison
The belief in the probability of death with dignity is our, and societyâ€™s, attempt to deal with the reality of what is all too frequently… — Sherwin B. Nuland
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull… — Haile Selassie
The integral approach is committed to the full spectrum of consciousness as it manifests in all its extraordinary diversity. This allows the integral approach to… — Ken Wilber
Any attempt at liberation, no matter how great it might be, if it does not take into consideration the necessity of dissolving the ego, it… — Samael Aun Weor
The game of investing is one of making better predictions about the future than other people. How are you going to do that? One way… — Charlie Munger
Like all great documentaries, The Act of Killing demands another way of looking at reality. It starts as a dreamscape, an attempt to allow the… — Errol Morris
I believe that we face incredible obstacles in our attempts to see the world. Everything in our nature tries to deny the world around us;… — Errol Morris
It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting. — Tris Speaker
I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what the public thinks,… — Simon Hoggart
One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the… — Daniel Berrigan

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