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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. Charles Caleb Colton
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God! Charles Caleb Colton
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun. Charles Caleb Colton
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy. Charles Caleb Colton
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not? Charles Dickens
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow. Charles Dickens
ego chiefs results
Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you. Charles Caleb Colton
ego monsters fascinating
The ego is a fascinating monster. Alanis Morissette
ego hallucinations tests
The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests. Alan Watts
ego ego-trip
The biggest ego trip going is getting rid of your ego Alan Watts
ego life-is inches
To feel life is meaningless unless "I" can be permanent is like having desperately fallen in love with an inch. Alan Watts
ego skins hallucinations
I find that the sensation of myself as an ego inside a bag of skin is really a hallucination. Alan Watts
ego kind bigs
The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued. Alan Ball
ego unmasking strategy
What is needed is the constant unmasking of ego's strategy. Chogyam Trungpa
ego use spirituality
The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality. Chogyam Trungpa
pests disease grows
And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests---disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware. David Sedaris
pests baths bores
The pest, in a sense, is a very superior being to us: he knows where to find us and how--usually in the bath or in sexual intercourse or asleep. Charles Bukowski
pests
How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering. Lorenz Hart
pests egotism
The pest of society is egotists. Ralph Waldo Emerson