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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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Dishonoring what we feel is an epidemic that has us self-medicating as a culture and trying to numb ourselves.

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For suppose that every tool we had could perform its task, either at our bidding or itself perceiving the need, and if-like the statues made by Dædalus or the tripods of Hephæstus, of which the poet says that "self-moved they enter the assembly of the gods" - shuttles in a loom could fly to and fro and a plectrum play a lyre all self-moved, then master-craftsmen would have no need of servants nor masters of slaves.

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Self praise is no praise at all.

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A hidden Bliss is at the root of things. A mute Delight regards Time's countless works: To house God's joy in things Space gave wide room, To house God's joy in self our souls were born.

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The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It is meant for the mere slave of a routine of self- education to stuff himself with every sort of incongruous intellectual food in one indigestible meal.

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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

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Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.

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Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.

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Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength.

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Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is the good will to self-destruction.

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When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.

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When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses, then alone can he have the true vision of the beauty that is everywhere.

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To have a full stomach, to daze lazily in the sunshine--such things were remuneration in full for his adors and toils, while his ardors and toils were in themselves self-remunerative. They were expressions of life, and life is always happy when it is expressing itself.

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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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Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication but in the deliberate and voluntary restriction of wants. This alone promotes real happiness and contentment , and increases the capacity for service .

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The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life.

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Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.

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Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

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This is not a time for fear, brethren, but rather a time for faith - a time for each of us who holds the priesthood to be his best self.

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