External Quotes

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Uniqueness does not come from external things that people do to themselves or other things like what they wear. All the uniqueness that radiates to… — Eva Mozes Kor
The sense organs experience the external light, sound, etc. with difficulty; the different sense organs only have a so-called specific receptivity for particular stimuli. — Johannes Peter Muller
And, you run also video because to fly this arm, you're relying mostly on some external camera views that may be coming from the arm… — Philippe Perrin
True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances. — John Templeton
Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes. — Dalai Lama
Happiness is intrinsic, it's an internal thing. When you build it into yourself, no external circumstances can take it away. — Leo Buscaglia
There is little sense in attempting to change external conditions, you must first change inner beliefs, then outer conditions will change accordingly. — Bryan Adams
Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them. — Samuel Johnson
The more we nourish our internal world, the more powerful we grow in the external world. — Susan L. Taylor
The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it,… — Alan Watts
Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are… — Samuel Johnson
In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical… — Jean Piaget
To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a… — Natan Sharansky
In this way the ego detaches itself from the external world. It is more correct to say: Originally the ego includes everything, later it detaches… — Sigmund Freud
There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop. — Herbert Marcuse
No one can help us to achieve the intimate isolation by which we find our secret worlds, so mysterious, rich and full. If others intervene,… — Maria Montessori
God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so. — Plotinus
When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval… — Deepak Chopra
This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved… — Nelson Mandela
For centuries, we in the West have thought of ourselves as rational animals whose mental capacities transcend our bodily nature. In this traditional view our… — George Lakoff

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