Sufficient Quotes

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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself. — Emily Bronte
When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable. — Emile Durkheim
Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.… — Aristotle
What makes the voice pathetic is that it doesn't know what kind of people it's reaching. Us. No one hears it, except us. This Age… — Tony Kushner
Westley closed his eyes. There was pain coming and he had to be ready for it. He had to prepare his brain, he had to… — William Goldman
If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’-… — Andy Andrews
I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second,… — Elie Wiesel
Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you - or… — Nicolas Bouvier
Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some feeling that there is something larger -… — Diana Gabaldon
Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary… — Christopher Hitchens
I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life. They seek position, marriage,… — Carl Jung
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to… — Gretchen Rubin
A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul — Karl Lagerfeld
Random chance was not a sufficient explanation of the Universe---in fact, random chance was not sufficient to explain random chance; the pot could not hold… — Robert A. Heinlein
Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete. — Carlos Castaneda
If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves nor in things;… — Friedrich Nietzsche
My dad hates umbrellas, said Deeba, swinging her own. When it rains he always says the same thing. 'I do not believe the presence of… — China Mieville
One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring… — W. Somerset Maugham
Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give.… — Brandon Sanderson
Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us… — George Carlin
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient. — Aristotle
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter… — Hudson Taylor
Love is not sufficient. It never has been. Stories that claim otherwise are lies. There's always SOMETHING after happily ever after. — Arthur Phillips
Life is rather above the measure of us all (save for a very few perhaps). We all need literature that is above our measure--though we… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The vast distances that separate the stars are providential. Beings and worlds are quarantined from one another. The quarantine is lifted only for those with… — Carl Sagan

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