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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
civilization local pillar
I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization. Stewart Brand
civilization long achievement
what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization? Rose Macaulay
civilization political democracy
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. Winston Churchill
civilization evil specialization
Specialization is the great evil of civilization. Wendell Berry
civilization existence free laws man process progress ruled setting society toward
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand
civilization limitless
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities Mark Twain
civilization commitment company effort group individual society team
Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
civilization decisive human indeed producing range western
Indeed it is the protean ability of Western civilization to be self-critical and self-correcting - not only in producing wealth but over the whole range of human activities - that constitutes its most decisive superiority over any of its rivals. Paul Johnson
civilization founder human instead insult stone
The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. Sigmund Freud
democracy hate impact undermines
Hate undermines communities, hate undermines democracy and so we look at it in a different way. The impact is much more broad. Hate kills people. Karen Aroesty
democracy doe honorable
Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest. William J. Clinton
democracy world communism
Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice. Samuel P. Huntington
democracy journalism crisis
The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism. Walter Lippmann
democracy world
In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen. Ruhollah Khomeini
democracy haiti hope learn maturity people
I hope that those who don't get their way show some more maturity than in the past. There are people in Haiti who still need to learn that in a democracy you don't always get your way.
democracy foreign good honesty jobs message open policy starts
The message is one of jobs and democracy and honesty and open government, ... Good foreign policy starts in your neighborhood. Laura Bush
democracy event good helps register students
The event is good way to get students to register to vote. I think it helps with democracy more than anything. It's a good way to get a lot of student support.
democracy world
Democracy is good for world peace. Manmohan Singh