Quotes 841 till 860 of 1433.
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One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do. A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.
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One of the best ways to change is to act as if you are the person you want to become. When you behave as if you are a different person, you change on a very basic level - even your physiology changes. When actors and actresses perform, their body chemistry is altered by the roles they play.
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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
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One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.
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One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
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One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among others and to do unto those others as he would have them do to him.
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One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.
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One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.
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One person can change the world.
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One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.
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One person is never as stupid as a group of people. That's why they have lynch mobs, not lynch individuals.
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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma -
Only the person of worth can recognize the worth in others.
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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
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Order is a great person's need and their true well being.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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Other exercises develop single powers and muscles, but dancing embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.
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