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Own Quotes by Saint Basil
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing,…
- In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the…
- You have heaven adorned, earth beautified, the sea populated with its own creatures, the air filled with birds which scour it in every direction. Studious…
- What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of…
- When our Lord says, 'I have not spoken of Myself' (Jn. 12:49), and again, 'As the Father said to Me, so I speak' (Jn. 12:50),…
- No Christian ought to think of himself as his own master, but each should rather so think and act as though given by God to…
- If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the…
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