![[The natural life] knows that if the spiritual life gets hold of it, all its self-centredness and self-will are going to be killed and it is ready to fight tooth and nail to avoid that.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-natural-life-knows-that-if-the-spiritual-life-gets-hold-of-it-all-its-self.jpg)
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spiritual system
My spiritual system is 12-step programs. That's the only one I've ever had. I didn't have one before that. Steve Earle
spiritual men ego
ALL religions of a spiritual nature are inventions of man. He has created an entire system of gods with nothing more than his carnal brain. Just because he has an ego, and cannot accept it, he has to externalize it into some great spiritual device which he calls God. Anton LaVey
spiritual believe fate
I don't believe in fate, because I'm not spiritual, but things do seem to work out. Rob Zombie
spiritual strive transcending
I strive to express the spiritual nature of the universe. Richard Pousette-Dart
spiritual atheist science
In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions. Richard Posner
spiritual healing raised
The concept of spiritual healing was something I was raised with. Richard Paul Evans
spiritual simplicity spirituality
Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty Richard P. Feynman
spiritual celibacy advantage
Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary. Richard Whately
spiritual floating states
In my state of spiritual abstraction, I no longer belong to myself and to my eyesight. I am nothing more than a single narrow gasping lung, floating over the mists and summits. Reinhold Messner
fighting fights-and-fighting futile opportunity resources save worthwhile
I wouldn't say it's futile -- the opportunity is there. It's worthwhile to keep fighting to save the resources we have there. George Baker
fighting opposed people proposals rights sweden
I think it is very problematic and unfortunate that people who have been in Sweden for so long make proposals such as this that are so opposed to our intentions, when we are fighting for women's rights and the right to divorce.
fighting fights-and-fighting hard proud work
He's been through a lot. Just to see him keep fighting ... I'm proud of him, proud of all the hard work he's done to get to this point. Vince Young
fighting good great groin healthier last percent putting season string together year
He's healthy. He's probably a lot healthier now than he was a year ago at this time. He was fighting (the groin injury) most of the season last year. It got to be 100 percent during the spring, but it's been off-and-on since. Now he's putting a string together of good days. I don't want to jinx him, but he's doing a great job.
fighting toughness
I thought we showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in fighting back. We were in trouble, obviously. Dana Altman
fighting fights-and-fighting guys might spots
It is hard. A lot of guys are fighting for the same spots and it might be from the same teams, so it is kind of hard.
fighting people use
Those who use religion for their own benefit are detestable. We are against such a situation and will not allow it. Those who use religion in such a manner have fooled our people; it is against just such people that we have fought and will continue to fight. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
fighting means open protected
We are fighting for a free-market economy. This means we want to open our economy, which is heavily protected by the state.
fighting greatest issue moral power superhuman
He is a real person. His power is really a moral issue more than a superhuman issue. He is for the people, fighting for the people, with the people. I think that, for generations, has been one of the greatest qualities.
self
It can be absurd, cantankerous, self-destructive and pompous, but it is never crass Peter Roebuck
self vision
His vision is impaired, and he will never be self-sufficient,
self waste precious-things
To the Maker the archetype, the self-sustainer, human interaction is usually a waste of the most precious thing in his vital existance: time.
selfishness satanism form
Satanism represents a form of controlled selfishness.
self years levels
Usually for a movie, if you want a 13-year-old, you get a 16-year-old who looks 13, because 13-year-olds dont have that level of self-awareness. Robbie Coltraine
self forgotten truest
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.
self world wonderful
Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around. Richard Holbrooke
self sick narcissistic
To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption. Richard Hofstadter
selfish sacrifice benefits
What you cannot have is a gene that sacrifices itself for the benefit of other genes. What you can have is a gene that makes organisms sacrifice themselves for other organisms under the influence of selfish genes. Richard Dawkins