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self
It can be absurd, cantankerous, self-destructive and pompous, but it is never crass Peter Roebuck
self forgotten truest
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self. Richard Paul Evans
selfishness disguise inspection
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. Richard Dawkins
selfish earth rebel
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
selfish eye sight
Natural selection, the blind, unconscious, automatic process which Darwin discovered, and which we now know is the explanation forthe existence and apparently purposeful form of all life, has no purpose in mind. It has no mind and no mind's eye. It does not plan for the future. It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of the watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker.
self grace denial
I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion. Richard Baxter
self errors intuition
The question I try and ask myself when I consider whether or not to train more is what is my body craving and what is my body ready to absorb? Sometimes pushing harder is not the answer. It takes self control, confidence, and intuition to know when to train and when to rest, but when in question error on the side of being over rested. Ryan Hall
self long age
Too-lateness, I realized, has nothing to do with age. It’s a relation of self to the moment. Or not, depending on the person and the moment. Perhaps there even comes a time when it’s no longer too late for anything. Perhaps, even, most times are too early for most things, and most of life has to go by before it’s time for almost anything and too late for almost nothing. Nothing to lose, the present moment to gain, the integration with long-delayed Now. Russell Hoban
self ideas people
No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you. Russell Brand
humanity essentials culture
As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity. Rick Steves
humanity belief behavior
The difficulty with humanity's previous attempts at reinventing itself is that we've always started with behaviors rather than with beliefs. Neale Donald Walsch
humanity lessons want
One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood. Nate Berkus
humanity world bears
There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply its place. For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity, which is what we express by the word Good-Breeding. Joseph Addison
humanity pity incitement
Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever.
humanity world want
There are those who deny me the right to speak of God, because I am not a believer. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all humanity. Jose Saramago
humanity ill humans
The things that make us human often make us ill. Jonathan Rosen
humanity culture venus
The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of our culture. Jacque Fresco
humanity literature becoming
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. Henry David Thoreau
overcoming melancholy
Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy. Robert Burton
overcoming conditioning unworthy
We have to overcome our societal conditioning which says we are unworthy. Wayne Dyer
overcoming states projects
State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome. Noam Chomsky
overcoming complaining ifs
You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache. Bernard Baruch
overcoming fame
Fame overcomes everything. Britt Ekland
overcoming impossible contradiction
I've always regretted that I'm made of contradictions. But, if contradiction is impossible to overcome, we have to accept both its ends. Czeslaw Milosz
overcoming spirituality made
But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome. Sri Aurobindo
overcoming dyslexia difficult
I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger. Ahmet Zappa
overcoming-addiction drug our-society
Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values. Christopher Lasch