Attention Quote by William James

Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned…

— Dante Alighieri

“Once we have seen Him in a stable, we can never be sure where He will appear or to what lengths he will go…

— Frederick Buechner

Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a…

— Ernest Becker

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he…

— James Allen

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

— Thomas Paine

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his…

— Anonymous

He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or offences, delivers…

— Samuel Johnson

From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his…

— G. I. Gurdjieff

Unless a man first finds himself, finds his own essential nature and destiny, and begins from them, all his efforts and achievements will be…

— Rodney Collin

“Man is naturally humble, naturally grateful, naturally guilty, naturally transcended, naturally a sufferer; he is small, pitiful, weak, a passive taker who tucks himself…

— Ernest Becker

“Now, as you well know, it is not seldom the case in this conventional world of ours—watery or otherwise; that when a person placed…

— Herman Melville

“A man needs to feel powerful and respected. Innately within us, as far back as we can remember, we have taught ourselves to grand…

— Jason Versey