Carl Sagan Quotes, Self Quotes, Perfect Quotes

Science is not perfect. It's often misused; it's only a tool, but it's the best tool we have. Self-correcting , ever changing, applicable to everything: with this tool, we vanquish the impossible.

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I have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young author happens to be his former self.

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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

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The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, or am I merely reacting from my mob-self? When it comes to the so-called obscene words, I should say that hardly one person in a million escapes mob-reaction.

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One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.

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We ought not to extract pernicious honey from poison blossoms of misrepresentation and mendacious half-truth, to pamper the course appetite of bigotry and self-love.

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Gaiety is forgetfulness of the self, melancholy is memory of the self: in that state the soul feels all the power of its roots, nothing distracts it from its profound homeland and the look that it casts upon the outer world is gently dismayed.

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Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.

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Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and sacred sculptures, that he might not want the hint of tranquillity and self-poise.

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The poor man's price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.

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It is no good casting out devils. They belong to us, we must accept them and be at peace with them.

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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore he is distinguished; from self-glorification, therefore he has merit; from self-exaltation, therefore he rises superior to all. Inasmuch as he does not strive, there is no one in the world who can strive with him.

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For a firm believer in swadeshi, there need be no Pharisaical self-satisfaction in wearing khadi.

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There are three conditions which often look alike Yet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow: Attachment to self and to things and to persons, detachment From self and from things and from persons; and, growing between them, indifference, ... .

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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.

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Love is a state of being, and in that state, the 'me', with its identifications, anxieties, and possessions is absent. Love cannot be, as long as the activities of the self, of the 'me', whether conscious or unconscious, continue to exist.

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The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation, perceives the self-existance of Truth and Right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well.

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Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.

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I am self-taught. In other words, God is my teacher.

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And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize that it is inseparably connected with everything else that is.

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