Benign Quotes

121 quotes by 108 authors

I believe any malevolent supercivilisation would have rapidly self-destructed as we may be in the process of doing ourselves. If we do have contact, physical… — Arthur C. Clarke
To awaken within the dream is our purpose now. When we are awake within the dream, the ego-created earth-drama comes to an end and a… — Eckhart Tolle
[Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not… — George Berkeley
The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers… — Cliff Stearns
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has… — Edward Said
I believe that there is a moral and constitutional equivalence between laws designed to subjugate a race and those that distribute benefits on the basis… — Clarence Thomas
Only rarely do we see beyond the needs of humanity, and he linked this blindness to our Christian and humanist infrastructure. It arose 2,000 years… — James Lovelock
My wife and I thought we were in love, but it turned out to be benign — Woody Allen
...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists. — Paul Simon
No pleasure is simpler, no luxury cheaper, no consciousness-altering substance more benign. — James Norwood Pratt
According to a Pew poll, 49% of young Americans have a favorable view of socialism. What is socialism? it is a system that leads to… — David Horowitz
Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust,… — Charlotte Bronte
I humbly thank the gods benign, For all the blessings that are mine... The morning drips her dew for me, Noon spreads an opal canopy.… — Robert Loveman
What is too often forgotten is that nature obviously intends the botched to die, and that every interference with that benign process is full of… — H. L. Mencken
A doctor recently described to me "benign positional vertigo": it means you get dizzy in certain positions, but you can get over it without necessarily… — Mignon McLaughlin
Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility. Respectfully preparing tea and partaking of it mindfully create heart-to-heart… — James Norwood Pratt
Heartbreak comes in different sizes, and the departure of an 18-year-old child for a far college has to be treated as a very benign form… — Jonathan Raban
Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities. — Michael McKean
Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending… — Azar Nafisi
If you pursue meditation with a non-competitive attitude, with a hopeful and helpful attitude, without violence, then you will find that you will become a… — Frederick Lenz

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