Absorption Quote by Timothy Keller Download Open image “There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .” — Timothy Keller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Absorption Egocentric Egoism Inspirational Interesting Miserable Miserable people Narcissistic Self Self absorbed Self absorption Self centered Self love
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My appetite for self-destruction and misery is greatly diminished. I'm not interested in being unhappy. — Boy George Copy Share Image
When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realizatio n turns into self-absorption , other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I admire self-awareness more than probably any other quality, and I think in terms of what qualities are "good" in a person, it's a… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The path of self-purification is hard and steep. One has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action to rise above the opposing… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
One's own surroundings means so much to one, when one is feeling miserable. — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane. — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking… — Eric Hoffer 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
I think the difference between being miserable and finding happiness is just a matter of perspective. If you live your life defining yourself by… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions. — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Evangelism will come organically in friendship if we don’t let our pride, fears, and pessimism cause us to hide our faith and heart.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin and gave… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“24 A few pages later, Delbanco writes the following: [Alexis de] Tocqueville’s detection of a “strange melancholy in the midst of abundance” has a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible's teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God he wouldn't… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a particular culture,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Finally, you are ready to launch your church. Begin by developing action steps and goals that can be used as benchmarks to track your… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In fact, studies show that vegans tend to get more iron than meat eaters. Vitamin C from fruits and vegetables increases iron absorption. Meanwhile,… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
I am not the center of the universe. And it's a lesson that I keep having to learn; it's my ongoing work, I'd say.… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a… — Alexander Crummell Copy Share Image
Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in order to… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I was in a garden at the Rodin Museum. For a few minutes I was alone, sitting on a bench between two long hedges… — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations. — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered. — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption . — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis]sees a world in need of the Gospel, and of friendship with Jesus Christ, as an antidote to the self-absorption and loneliness that… — George Weigel Copy Share Image