Ourselves Quotes

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are… — Paul Auster
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which… — Paul Auster
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we… — Isaac Asimov
We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is… — Julian Assange
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have… — Chinua Achebe
I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of… — David Attenborough
By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity. — Saint Augustine
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. — Saint Augustine
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to… — Jane Austen
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. — Jane Austen
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters. — Diane Ackerman
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us. — Teresa of Avila
It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be… — Teresa of Avila
Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the… — Teresa of Avila
The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature's… — Diane Ackerman
We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside,… — Diane Ackerman
Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our… — Edward Bach
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn;… — Richard Bach

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