Core Quotes
1227 quotes by 999 authors
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How was it that, even in the common tasks of an ordinary life, Jesus drew the praise of heaven? At the core of His being,…
— Francis Frangipane
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Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that we avoid unhappiness.…
— Hugh Prather
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Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake. If material poverty is to be avoided, spiritual…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes…
— Max Wertheimer
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The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn or shown their…
— Wilfred Trotter
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That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on Him…
— Ramana Maharshi
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I teach you joy, not sadness. I teach you playfulness, not seriousness. I teach you love and laughter, because to me there is nothing more…
— Rajneesh
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The playfulness that I talk about comes very slowly. You cannot just jump out of your seriousness which you have accumulated for lives. Now it…
— Rajneesh
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Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness.
— Gary Zukav
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Human relationships are the perfect tool for sanding away our rough edges and getting at the core of divinity within us.
— Eknath Easwaran
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It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.
— Paul Strand
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[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would…
— Christopher Hitchens
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In general, an asset should be sold when it has greater value to a buyer. This happens when a buyer has a complimentary business or…
— Charles Koch
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Give up all forms of parrotry. Start practicing whatever you truly feel to be true and justly to be just. Do not make a show…
— Meher Baba
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I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own…
— Dalai Lama
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They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than…
— Eric Hoffer
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Unless one becomes a womb one never becomes pregnant with god. One cannot conquer god, one can't be aggressive - that is the sure way…
— Rajneesh
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The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is at the core of every successful nation in the world.
— Frederick Chiluba
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Positivity opens us. The first core truth about positive emotions is that they open our hearts and our minds, making us more receptive and more…
— Barbara Fredrickson
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The really tough choices...don't center upon right versus wrong. They involve right versus right. They are genuine dilemmas precisely because each side is firmly rooted…
— Rushworth Kidder
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