Al Alvarez Quotes, Self Quotes, Media Quotes

Mass democracy, mass morality and the mass media thrive independently of the individual, who joins them only at the cost of at least a partial perversion of his instincts and insights. He pays for his social ease with what used to be called his soul - his discriminations, his uniqueness, his psychic energy, his self.

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When self control is lacking in small things, the ability to apply it to matters of importance withers away. Every day in which one does not at least deny himself some trifle is badly spent and a threat to the day following.

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It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

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I am the self-consumer of my woes.

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Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.

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

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The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self.

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The art of conversation, or the qualification for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with a respect for the emergencies of the moment.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Art Quotes , Self Quotes

Yet where is your inner value when you no longer know what it is to breathe freely; when you no longer have freedom over your own selves

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Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Self Quotes , Welfare Quotes

What is this self-inside us, this silent observer, severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us, and urge us onto futile activity, and in the end, judge us still more severely for the errors into which his own reproaches drove us?

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Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.

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Lust and self-mutilation are closely related impulses. There are also self-mutilators among knowers: they do not want to be creators under any circumstances.

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He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings.

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Writing isn’t a career choice. It’s self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off.

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Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just like these, as the self-nature of things can not exist alone, they are called non-substantial.

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You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.

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Perhaps, in retrospect, there would be little motivation even for malevolent extraterrestrials to attack the Earth; perhaps, after a preliminary survey, they might decide it is more expedient just to be patient for a little while and wait for us to self-destruct.

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Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of us self-important, which never produces any work. Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience; these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us.

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Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

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