External World Quotes

88 quotes by 68 authors

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world,… — Kurt Cobain
In man's brain the impressions from outside are not merely registered; they produce concepts and ideas. They are the imprint of the external world upon… — Victor Frederick Weisskopf
The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to… — Sigmund Freud
Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the… — Sigmund Freud
I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and… — Albert Hofmann
One can truly say that the irresistible progress of natural science since the time of Galileo has made its first halt before the study of… — Ivan Pavlov
Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. — Albert Einstein
Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything… — Twyla Tharp
A perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Life itself is a state of continuous struggle between ourselves and everything outside. Every moment we are… — Swami Vivekananda
Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world. — Albert Einstein
Every day I strive to get to a place where I'm not effected by the external world, and I don't use the external world to… — Laurel Holloman
The chief aim of all investigations of the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it… — Johannes Kepler
"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly… — Patricia Aburdene
Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness… — Sigmund Freud
From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon. — Wilhelm Dilthey
Faith in anything, be it positive or negative, produces results. Putting faith in fear generates destructive results, beginning with the disintegration of our ability to… — Caroline Myss
It will remain remarkable, in whatever way our future concepts may develop, that the very study of the external world led to the scientific conclusion… — Alain Aspect
By ecology we understand the total science of the connections of the organism to the surrounding external world. — Ernst Haeckel
I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world,… — Alice Hoffman
The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within.… — Ramana Maharshi

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