Quotes by Finding Yourself If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. [...] The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell finding-yourselfdifferencesthinking Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell finding-yourselfexaminationdifferences When you see what you're here for, the world begins to mirror your purpose in a magical way. It's almost as if you suddenly find yourself on a stage in a play that was written expressly for you. Betty Sue Flowers finding-yourselfmirrorsplay Do you ever find yourself bursting into a sort of lunatic laughter at the sheer prettiness of things? Beverley Nichols finding-yourselfburstinglaughter It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before. Bill Bryson finding-yourselfangleworld When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not. Bill Walton finding-yourselfnever-forgettalking I always think W.S. Merwin's poems will last of anyone writing today. If I had to bet on posterity I would bet Merwin. My poems could easily evaporate. So I don't know. If you find yourself as a writer thinking about posterity you should probably go out for a brisk walk or something. Billy Collins finding-yourselfwritingthinking You will never understand who you are until you understand who God is. Billy Graham finding-yourselfwho-god-isfaith At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you. Bob Dole finding-yourselfappreciateage I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass, but sometimes you just find yourself over the line. Bob Dylan finding-yourselflineskind There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place. Bono finding-yourselfartistknows If you've ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance... you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane. Brandon Lee finding-yourselftoleranceinsane That's what happens when you're making a movie, you find yourself really loving all these people sitting across from you. Brian McGinn finding-yourselfsittingpeople If you think a certain thought long enough and hard enough, it becomes a fixed belief and you will find yourself behaving on the outside in a manner consistent with it. Brian Tracy finding-yourselflongthinking You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison. Bronislaw Malinowski finding-yourselfsignaturesmay When you help someone up a hill, you find yourself closer to the top. Brownie Wise finding-yourselfhillshelping I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big. Bruce Springsteen finding-yourselfdisappointmentthinking Keep your eyes on Christ, not the circumstances you find yourself in or the feelings you are experiencing. Bruce Wilkinson finding-yourselfeyefeelings When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less. C. S. Lewis finding-yourselfturnsifs Originality is the most deadly mirage in all of art. You can chase it from now until doomsday, and you'll only find yourself lost and dying of thirst. Caitlín R. Kiernan finding-yourselfdyingart«1234567891011»
