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- Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish…
- Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know its nature. To…
- Whenever anyone accuses some person of being 'unfeeling,' he means that that person is just. He means that that person has no causeless emotions and…
- It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves…
- A house can have integrity, just like a person.
- Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the…
- A 'whim' is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause.
- Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person,…
- People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one…
- There’s nothing as significant as a human face. Nor as eloquent. We can never really know another person, except by our first glance at him.…
- There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of knowledge--Purpose, as his…
- The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his…
- No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon)
- Hank, this is great." "Yes." He said it simply, openly. There was no flattered pleasure in his voice, and no modesty. This, she knew, was…
- Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence of that which is man: for his…
- To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that…
- I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated…
- Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person they sleep with…
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- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash