Condition Quotes

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I became entirely given over to extreme dread. The fear was so powerful that it seemed to make my personality completely evaporate... 'Whitley' ceased to… — Whitley Strieber
An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country. — Helen Rowland
Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did… — Samuel Johnson
If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot… — Swami Vivekananda
Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition. — Stephen Covey
The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of… — Lewis Mumford
Good physical condition is protection. Our strength comes from our body. — Jane Fonda
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. — Henri Frederic Amiel
A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds. — Muhammad Ali
Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly but perhaps… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be… — Albert Einstein
Whenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, thatâ€™s where life starts, thatâ€™s where you start… — Philippe Petit
I have always been fascinated by the poetic condition of twilight. By its transformative quality. Its power of turning the ordinary into something magical and… — Gregory Crewdson
The State is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of behavior; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently… — Gustav Landauer
In this condition of the most devastating humiliation, I still possessed the most precious of liberties, that no-one could take away from me: that of… — Ingrid Betancourt
Our conceptions of the world affect our perceptions of the world which, in turn, condition the way we subsequently conceive the world. — Stephen Batchelor
Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving… — Namkhai Norbu
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition. — Leonardo DiCaprio
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand… — Joss Whedon
I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy. — Hector Elizondo

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