Basis Quotes

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Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge. — John Taylor Gatto
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't â€” not because it's optimistic, but… — Robert Wright
That's the thing about being a victim; you start to think it'll happen to you on a regular basis. It's living with the reality of… — Dennis Lehane
No one ever owns a cat...you share a common habitation on a basis of equal rights and mutual respects...although somehow the cat always comes out… — Lilian Jackson Braun
Wasnâ€™t that kind of the basis of passion? I didnâ€™t know that either. The only thing I knew for sure was that this kiss had… — Richelle Mead
This is another lie. We are only seeking Man. We have no need of other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we… — Stanislaw Lem
Menders of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions… — Martha Beck
There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that *they*… — James A. Baldwin
Need is never a good basis for any relationship. — John Green
The basis of the self is not thought but suffering, which is the most fundamental of all feelings. While it suffers, not even a cat… — Milan Kundera
I am not worthy of my suffering. A great sentence. It suggests not only that suffering is the basis of the self, its sole indubitable… — Milan Kundera
When everything is subject to money, then the scarcity of money makes everything scarce, including the basis of human life and happiness. Such is the… — Charles Eisenstein
I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking â€” by which… — Roger Zelazny
The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit… — Surya Das
It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is. With this in mind,… — Surya Das
Silver is forty-four years old, if you can believe it, out of shape, and depressedâ€”although he doesnâ€™t know if you call it depression when you… — Jonathan Tropper
I want to live so that I am truly submitted to the Spirit's leading on a daily basis. Christ said its better for us that… — Francis Chan
To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has… — Oswald Chambers
Thereâ€™s no basis or anything. I just have this conviction that appeared inside of me which I have to follow. — Jun Mochizuki
A mystic doesnâ€™t say â€œI believe.â€ They say â€œI know.â€ A true mystic will ironically speak with that self-confidence but at the same time with… — Richard Rohr

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