Mahatma Gandhi Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes, Self Quotes

My Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.

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What sex gives you momentarily is the total abandonment of yourself, then you are back again with your turmoil, so you want a repetition over and over again of that state in which there is no worry, no problem, no self.

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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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The series of integers is obviously an invention of the human mind, a self-created tool which simplifies the ordering of certain sensory experiences.

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Why should self-indulgent nonsense - whatever its professed political orientation - be lauded as the height of scholarly achievement?

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A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man.

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Self-knowledge leads to wonder, and wonder to curiosity and investigation, so that nothing interests people more than people, even if only one's own person.

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[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything. It has two rules. First: there are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are worthless. Second: whatever is inconsistent with the facts must be discarded or revised. ... The obvious is sometimes false; the unexpected is sometimes true.

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Man does not understand nor accept immortality except on condition of self-remembrance.

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When a nation is on the downward path, when it feels its belief in its own future, its hope of freedom slipping from it, when it begins to see submission as a first necessity and the virtues of submission as measures of self-preservation, then it must overhaul its God.

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We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery.

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what we call a home is merely any place that succeeds in making more consistenly available to us the important truths which the wider world ignores, or which our distracted and irresolute selves have trouble holding onto." (p123) Architecture of Happiness

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Self-sufficiency is both a good and an absolute good.

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And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!

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I still say the only education worth anything is self-education.

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Rules for Self Discovery: 1. What we want most; 2. What we think about most; 3. How we use our money; 4. What we do with our leisure time; 5. The company we enjoy; 6. Who and what we admire; 7. What we laugh at.

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Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

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All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.

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One can hardly think too little of one's self. One can hardly think too much of one's soul.

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Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.

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