Quotes by Self A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. Alexander Cockburn deception self war It was astonishing that for some considerable distance around the mould growth the staphococcal colonies were undergoing lysis. What had formerly been a well-grown colony was now a faint shadow of its former self...I was sufficiently interested to pursue the subject. Alexander Fleming distance self science It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of contending elements of vice and virtue, and ever mainly influenced by the predominant principle of self-interest. It may, indeed, be confidently asserted, that there never was that government called a republic, which was not ultimately ruled by a single will, and, therefore, (however bold may seem the paradox,) virtually and substantially a monarchy. Alexander Fraser Tytler self perfect men Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature. Alexander Hamilton survival principles self If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government. Alexander Hamilton government self people It must not be thought that the cowardly feeling of caution and uneasy self-preservation is innate in the English character. It is the consequence of a corpulence derived from wealth and of the training of all thoughts and passions for acquisitiveness. Alexander Herzen passion self character There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look for the cause of bad blunders - in the exulting feeling of self-congratulation. Alexander Kotov congratulations self mistake The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a self-critical attitude to your games and a rooting out of all the defects in your play. Alexander Kotov learning self attitude Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance. Alexander Lowen compassion acceptance self Bioenergetics is an adventure in self-discovery. It differs from similar explorations into the nature of the self by attempting to understand the human personality in terms of the human body. Most previous explorations focused their investigations on the mind. Alexander Lowen self discovery adventure As Christ's ministry drew to its close, its severity and its gentleness both increased; its severity to the class from whom it never turned away. Side by side through all His manifestations of Himself, there were the two aspects: "He showed Himself froward " (if I may quote the word) to the self-righteous and the Pharisee; and He bent with more than a woman's tenderness of 'yearning love over the darkness and sinfulness, which in its great darkness dimly knew itself blind, and in its sinfulness stretched out a lame hand of faith, and groped after a Divine deliverer. Alexander MacLaren self class hands That which of all things unfits man for the reception of Christ as a Savior, is not gross profligacy and outward, vehement transgression, but it is self-complacency, fatal self-righteousness and self-sufficiency. Alexander MacLaren complacency self men Ah, there is nothing more beautiful than the difference between the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a holy being, and the thought about sinful creatures which is natural to a self-righteous being. The one is all contempt; the other, all pity. Alexander MacLaren differences self beautiful Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry. Alexander McCall Smith appreciate self doe Fashion is self confident and fearless. Alexander McQueen fearless fashion self British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage. Alexander McQueen fashion self ideas I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service. Alexander Payne film self thinking Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you. Alexander Pope judging self order True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. Alexander Pope literature self easy Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one. Alexander Pope self advice giving «1718192021222324252627»
