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Own Quotes by Guy Finley
- The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.
- Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds…
- Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who…
- One way to measure your own fears is to count the number of personal questions you've allowed others to answer for you.
- Within the human being there exists both the needful and the needed. You know that the needful exists in you. Your own dissatisfaction tells you…
- The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own…
- Most people would rather complain about some painful life pattern than dare to meet the level of their own consciousness responsible for its repeated appearance...…
- When it comes to the fearless life, the divine gives nothing freely... save to those who freely give themselves to discovering the truth about their…
- What is the nature of that place where our original self is one with its longing to explore its own deepest possibilities, and where discovering…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov