Quotes 241 till 260 of 578.
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Oh, the secret life of man and woman -dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.
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One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else.
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One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
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Only if we can restrain ourselves is conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.
The complete life (1943) -
Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.
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Our attitude towards ourselves should be ''to be satiable in learning'' and towards others ''to be tireless in teaching.''
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Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.
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Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
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Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves, but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 54 min 25 sec -
Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerned with our surfaces.
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