The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that.
Ugo Betti
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him.
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If one of the brothers, being able ,to maintain himself by his own occupation, does not desire ,a share of the family property, he may be made separate ,by the others receiving a trifle out of his share to live upon.
Guru Nanak
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Linus Pauling
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Hold, or cut bowstrings.
My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do NOTHING - and find it enough.
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
Life is not inherently meaningful. We make meaning happen through the attention and care we express through our actions.
Donna Farhi
In an effort to reclaim our humanity, let us find new motivation for living by opening our minds to broader concepts of spirituality.
Kevin Powell
I’d like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.
Annie Leibovitz
Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
Ernest Gaines
Women's particular experiences continue to shape not just their points of view but their actions, in the United States and around the world.
Dee Dee Myers
Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it.
Diana Trilling
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I shook up the world.
You can't get to wonderful without passing through alright.
Andrew Zuckerman
