Impersonal Quotes

116 quotes by 103 authors

Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas. — Emile M. Cioran
The most beautiful things in the creating of the child are his "mistakes." The more a child's work is full of these individual mistakes the… — Franz Cizek
Science is complex and chilling. The mathematical language of science is understood by very few. The vistas it presents are scary-an enormous universe ruled by… — Isaac Asimov
If you are a man of prayer, existence appears as God, as personal. If you are a man of meditation, existence is impersonal, just a… — Rajneesh
Our nature is to worship, but unless that element is directed towards God it becomes "a senseless impersonal force, carrying us away in its momentum.… — Olivier Clement
The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. This means ... that he should be able to justify every… — Benjamin Graham
Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one… — Carlos Castaneda
War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal. — Dennis Kucinich
I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of things or questions which were left incomplete and unanswered by my parents and grandparents… — Carl Jung
I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth or belief, and… — D. H. Lawrence
The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. — John Berger
As for the law of moral causation ('karma'): this is human justice dressed up as cosmic justice and then imputed to the impersonal workings of… — Stephen Batchelor
Actors should be timeless and impersonal. — Anne Parillaud
I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have little involvement with… — Daniel Pinchbeck
We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow… — Stephen Hawking
In one sense, reading is a great waste of time. In another sense, it is a great extension of time, a way for one person… — Mary Ruefle
In fact, itâ€™s the very impersonality of impersonal knowledge that renders such knowledge the most ethically potent of all. — Rebecca Goldstein
The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological… — Barry Lopez
Strong emotional experiences are for the most part impersonal. Anyone who has hated another person so much that only chance stands between that person and… — Robert Musil
One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in… — William O. Douglas

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