Ernest Becker Quotes
Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.
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The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
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Cause I'm a stealer, fresh up out the dealer All the dope boys gon feel her
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The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.
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What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.
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When you're given something new, it's always exciting 'cause you're the first one to do it. You're not having to live up to any expectations, or be compared to anyone who's ever done it before.
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I'd like to be a jellyfish, 'cause jellyfish don't pay rent.
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The final cause of law is the welfare of society.
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Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof of the mindstream's capacity to retain knowledge of physical and mental activities. It is related to the theory of interdependent origination and to the law of cause and effect.
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Gossip harms relationships and that's why it's bad. While we all do it at times, there's a point where it crosses the line and becomes bullying if it damages friendships and causes people to dislike someone.
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The causes we know everything about depend on causes we know very little about, which depend on causes we know absolutely nothing about.
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We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it. Before we know that there are words. Out we come, bloodied and squalling, with the knowledge that for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction. And time is its only measure.
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It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking, we must consider the following point: of what kind of principles and of what kind of causes is wisdom the knowledge?
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Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
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Nothing that I can do or say will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes — good will among men and peace on earth.
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As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
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I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.
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Open the book of universal history at what period we may, it is always the India trade which is the cause of internal industry and foreign negotiation.
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The clouds that gather round the setting sun, Do take a sober colouring from an eye, That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality.
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I should like to raise the question whether the inevitable stunting of the sense of smell as a result of man's turning away from the earth, and the organic repression of the smell-pleasure produced by it, does not largely share in his predisposition to nervous diseases.
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When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.
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For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems.
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Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness.
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Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.
