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«The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. If he loves, it is not to give himself, to blend in fecund union with another being, but to meditate on his love. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.»
Author: Emile Durkheim
(Sociologist)
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«Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.»
«There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.»
Author: Leo F. Buscaglia
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«Nothing external to you has any power over you.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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any, external, externals, has, nothing, over, power, powered, power i, The Powers That Be, The Power and the, to the power
«Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Discipline
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activities, compulsion, compulsions, consists, desirable, discipline, external, habits, in his right mind, in their right minds, lead, most desirable, most undesirable, spontaneously, undesirable
«Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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concepts, creations, determined, external, externals, free, freeing, freer, freest, Free World, however, human, human mind, may, mind, physical, physical world, seem, uniquely
«Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.»
«Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where e»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Mankind,
Perfection,
Possessions,
Power,
Progress,
World
| Keywords:
driven, e'en, external, increasingly, insatiable, materialistic, nowadays, possessions, reaching, striving, vast, zenith
«Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
| About:
Nonviolence
| Keywords:
Avoiding, external, externals, hate, internal, nonviolence, not only, physical, refuse, shoot, shoot for, Shoot Out, shoot up, spirit, violence
