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essence generosity selfishness
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
essence ideas mind
We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur. Charles Caleb Colton
essence news world
The old, old gospel is the newest thing in the world; in its very essence it is for ever good news. Charles Spurgeon
essence life material source truth worth
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth. Ang Lee
essence civilization tribes
... poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization -- carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language ... Diane Wakoski
essence history mind
History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation. Catherine Drinker Bowen
essence simplicity taste
Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste. Cary Grant
essence prejudice symptoms
Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Jane Austen
essence perspective loses
What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music. Janis Joplin
oppression submit
Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved. Charles Caleb Colton
oppression origin patience preserved qualities
Patience is one of those "feminine" qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation. Simone Beauvoir
oppression cruelty interfere
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it. Anna Sewell
oppression
Oppression breeds the power to oppose it. Andrew Solomon
oppression individual states
Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression. Andrew Bernstein
oppression abandonment
To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
oppression terrorism fascism
Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression. Harry Belafonte
oppression social form
Some forms of truth are really forms of social power and oppression. Ken Wilber
oppression spoke standing time
It was a time of oppression and you spoke up -- and we won. Without you, I wouldn't be standing up here either. Terrence McNally