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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As I said before, stones to me is meant things that hurt people, things that cause pain and thats what this song is about.
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Cause POP POP POP it goes my rubber band. So STOP STOP STOP sniffin that contraband.
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Now every club promoter wanna bid like auctions, cause I pack shows, sell ticks Celtics like Boston.
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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 law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.
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Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer.
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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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You doubt God? Well more to the point I credit God with the good sense to doubt me. What is mortality after all but divine doubt flashing over us? For an instant God suspends assent and poof! we disappear.
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I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.
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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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'Cause if your love was all I had in this life, well that would be enough until the end of time. So rest your weary heart and relax your mind, 'Cause I'm gonna love you, girl, until the end of time.
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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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There is always a place where, if you listen closely in the night, you will hear a mother telling a story and at the end of the tale, she will ask you this question: 'Ou libéré?' Are you free, my daughter?" My grandmother quickly pressed her fingers over my lips. Now," she said, "you will know how to answer.
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We are sculptures in the making, just begun by the great Artist; not yet formed but indicative of what is to come.
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When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility.
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It's a good thing that columnists don't make homosexuality their last taboo anymore. But I wish the columnists themselves would come out too.
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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.
