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self self-destruction destruction
destruction is ultimately self-destruction. Anais Nin
self world monsters
Worlds self made are so full of monsters and demons.
self needs hunger
Is devotion to others a cover for the hungers and the needs of the self, of which one is ashamed? I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not virtue. It was a disguise.
self balance association
Balance is not to be sought by association with others; it must exist within one's self.
self world lenses
The self is merely the lens through which we see others and the world ...
self two curiosity
There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest.
self people stories
You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story. Ann Beattie
self way action
…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves. Richard Matheson
self crucible mastery
Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted Tariq Ramadan
long feelings weight
So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it. John Stuart Mill
long support population
If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger, but not a happier or a better population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary, long before necessity compels them to it.
long waiting make-sense
If you're gonna wait for the universe to start making sense, you have a long wait ahead of you. John Sheridan
long tourists south
As long as there are Japanese tourists, there will be a market for the Old South. John Shelton Reed
long hollywood lost
Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago. John Ratzenberger
long useless seems
Taking a long time to do something not worth doing, that is, doing it inefficiently, seems even more useless. John Perry
long way satisfaction
I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God. John Piper
long joy world
The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing. Martin Luther
long preacher preaching
I would not have preachers torment their hearers, and detain them with long and tedious preaching.