Comparison Quote by John Powell Download Open image “Comparison is the death of true self-contentment.” — John Powell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comparison Contentment Death Self True self
“...afflictions arise from identifying with a false sense of self, whereas great contentment arises from seeing the true nature of things. If one believes… — Karma Lekshe Tsomo Copy Share Image
“To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, ans that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impoitently happy.” — Edwin Abbott Abbott Copy Share Image
“Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have.” — Larry Herzberg Copy Share Image
Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Now one sure way to chase away your own fulfillment is to compare yourself to others” — Ali Binazir Copy Share Image
“Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Seeming contentment is real discontent, combined with indolence or self-indulgence, which, while taking no legitimate means of raising itself, delights in bringing others down… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying. — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given — William Ames Copy Share Image
Playing is much, much harder than composing in my opinion, becoming a player. If you want to be a player for all your life… — John Powell Copy Share Image
“The trouble with ancient history is that, as far as I can tell, the vast majority of it took place a hell of a… — John Powell Copy Share Image
There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. These are the two real tragedies: If you go… — John Powell Copy Share Image
God is to us like the sky to a small bird, which cannot see its outer limits and cannot reach its distant horizons, but… — John Powell Copy Share Image
He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough. — John Powell Copy Share Image
You just don't make decisions about what you're going to be like when you are old. I know that I am making that decision… — John Powell Copy Share Image
“It’s a shameful indictment of the shabby way we live nowadays, but we have to face the fact that most of you won’t have… — John Powell Copy Share Image
Growth is always a gradual process, a bridge slowly crossed and not a corner sharply turned. — John Powell Copy Share Image
It is essential that our love be liberating, not possessive. We must at all times give those we love the freedom to be themselves.… — John Powell Copy Share Image
“But why should a flute make a sound which is smoother and less complex than that of a violin or oboe? To answer this… — John Powell Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
It is exactly in the repetition of the exercises that the education of the senses exists; not that the child shall know colors, forms… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Geometry, which should only obey Physics, when united with it sometimes commands it. If it happens that the question which we wish to examine… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
President Obama's achievements and failures must be evaluated by comparison to those chief executives who have come before him and not be measured against… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
Composing a piece of music is very feminine. It is sensitive, emotional, contemplative. By comparison, doing housework is positively masculine. — Barbara Kolb Copy Share Image
I think the first person to call me 'Britain's Obama' was Martin Bright at the New Statesman. Harriet Harman made the comparison once at… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable… — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
It’s always going to be easy to live like others or other’s life, because creating or innovating something of own is always difficult in… — Anuj Copy Share Image
The streets, at least in this part of town, seemed impossibly clean in comparison to London. The public telephones were unvandalised. For a London… — Clive James Copy Share Image
