Identifying Quotes

148 quotes by 139 authors

I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us who… — Michael Eric Dyson
I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature.. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people… — Ram Dass
The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another. — Dean Koontz
She smiled, pulling the photo a little closer, and I wondered if I should ask her, too, the question for my project, get her definition.… — Sarah Dessen
The entire universe is God's cosmic motion picture, and that individuals are merely actors in the divine play who change roles through reincarnation; mankind's deep… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Eric followed Vlad Tepesâ€™s stubby finger, identifying me as the future Happy Meal. Then he stared at Dracula, looking up from his kneeling position. I… — Charlaine Harris
We all suffer alone in the real world. True empathy's impossible. But if a piece of fiction can alow us imaginatively to identify with a… — David Foster Wallace
When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When youâ€™re done, you have to step back and look… — Stephen King
People often ask, "What is the single most important environmental population problem facing the world today?" A flip answer would be, "The single most important… — Jared Diamond
Really rather fascinating, you know,' he confided, and I recognized, with an internal sigh, the song of the scholar, as identifying a sound as the… — Diana Gabaldon
I miss everyone. I can remember being young and feeling a thing and identifying it as homesickness, and then thinking well now thatâ€™s odd, isnâ€™t… — David Foster Wallace
She thought she kept seeing him because she wanted to see him," Macey explained. "Ooooh," Bex and Liz sighed together. "It's a by-product of very… — Ally Carter
It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial… — Robert A. Heinlein
Connubial Because with alarming accuracy sheâ€™d been identifying patterns I was unaware ofâ€”this tic, that tendency, like the way I've mastered the language of intimacy… — Stephen Dunn
Identifying pain in others was easy for me. I was drawn to it in some strange perverse way. — Abbi Glines
It may not be irrelevant to note that even very modest forms of life, like earthworms, dung beetles and fiddler crabs, have no trouble identifying… — Edward Goldsmith
Now you are changed people. Your personality is different. It's shining through your spirit. In that spirit, you have to see everything. All your conditionings… — Nirmala Srivastava
The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparently ordinary' people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is… — K. Patricia Cross
Even though there is rampant unemployment in many parts of the world, there are still large numbers of jobs that are going unfilled because employers… — Daphne Koller

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