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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 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
selfish compassion people
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be trusted, if left free, to give away enough to make people comfortable enough to give them a chance. Yet if all this is ordered for us, as to some extent it has to be, it so soon leads to tyranny. It is a very difficult problem. If only human beings had more pity, unselfishness, and justice and didn't need coercion to treat each other decently. Rose Macaulay
self criticism desert
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood. Tryon Edwards
self mountain way
If you have a high-way on Everest, you don't meet the mountain. If everything is prepared, and you have a guide who is responsible for your security, you cannot meet the mountain. Meeting mountains is only possible if you . . . are out there in self-sufficiency. Reinhold Messner
stupidity lists satanic
Stupidity-The top of the list for Satanic Sins. Anton LaVey
stupidity faces reason
You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity. Robert Cormier
stupidity answers readiness
Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity. Saul Bellow
stupidity battle shapes
It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages? William Booth
stupidity surprise persist
Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity. Jose Ortega y Gasset
stupidity height valleys
A philosopher always finds more grass to feed upon in the valleys of stupidity than on the arid heights of intelligence. Ludwig Wittgenstein
stupidity sad-things absolutely-nothing
The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it. John Cleese
stupidity fool pedants
A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable. Napoleon Bonaparte
stupidity black magic
I ought to file charges of uncommon stupidity against you for letting her try this alone." ~ Newt, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison Kim Harrison
irritated outcome
I was irritated with the outcome today. We're very disappointed. Denny Green
irritated outcome powerful
I was irritated with the outcome today. They were more powerful than we were.