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self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! Charles Dickens
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
self abuse doe
He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.
self order should
Self-love, in a well-regulated breast, is as the steward of the household, superintending the expenditure, and seeing that benevolence herself should be prudential, in order to be permanent, by providing that the reservoir which feeds should also be fed.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
selfish character men
Old Mr. Rarx was not a pleasant man to look at, nor yet to talk to, or to be with, for no one could help seeing that he was a sordid and selfish character, and that he had warped further and further out of the straight with time.
selfish heart character
Notwithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself, however, the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach is perhaps a better expression, seeing that he was more decidedly endowed with that latter organ than with the former.
self ecosystems space
I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life. Charles Stross
self trouble needed
What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self. Charles Spurgeon
self-respect faults saint
I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none. Charles Peguy
self-respect coins
Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you. Carl Sandburg
self-respect firsts ears
You want to talk to someone; first open your ears. Joseph Joubert
self-respect
We have power over nothing except our will. Michel de Montaigne
self-respect indifference should
One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers. Oscar Wilde
self-respect fit
Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves. Thomas Fuller
quests lost attainment
All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest. Arthur C. Clarke
quests service-to-others matured
Those who have matured spiritually, now put service to others at the center of their quest and of their lives. Arianna Huffington
quests losing ifs
If you are losing your peace in your quest for peace, you are not on the road to peace. The road to peace is peace. Alan Cohen
quests vulgar deceived
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. Emile M. Cioran
quests said realms
The realm of Suaron is ended!' said Gandalf. 'The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest J. R. R. Tolkien
quests satisfaction scientist
Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail. Isaac Asimov
quests presence-of-love
In the presence of love, hearth and quest become one. Jeanette Winterson
quests needs inspired
The need of reason is not inspired by the quest for truth but by the quest for meaning. And truth and meaning are not the same. The basic fallacy , taking precedence over all specific metaphysical fallacies, is to interpret meaning on the model of truth. Hannah Arendt
quests littles world
You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world. J. B. Smoove