The world is full of double beds And most delightful maidenheads, Which being so, there's no excuse For sodomy or self-abuse..
There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that u….
Muhammad teaches us the knowledge of our own selves, and of our own people. He cleans us up-morally, mentally and spiritually.
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot..
It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also k….
Most of us have very clear memories of the self-critical internal conversation running on in our heads while we were playing poorly, and yet it often….
Sometimes I surprise my own damn self..
Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks….
You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificat….
Whether it is your work, your love, or your life - unless you throw your entire self into it, you will never know what it is..
I saw that everything, all paths I had been following, all steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point - namely, to the mid-point. It beca….
I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of prote….
The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life..
If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do..
We strive as hard to hide our hearts from ourselves as from others, and always with more success; for in deciding upon our own case we are both judge….
I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important..
I have a friend, a pastor, who applied with me and 419 other people for 25 seats on a special advisory board. Though I believed she was infinitely mo….
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity..
Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds..
Mom is losing, no doubt, because our vegetables have come to lack two features of interest: nutrition and flavor. Storage and transport take predicta….
One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a….