Ernest Becker Quotes
Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.
Quotes to Explore
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God…is the center of all selves.
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I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.
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See, the first thing about actors is, you're just trying to get a job; and you audition and audition and you finally get them. And you still consider yourself an auditioning actor. I auditioned for One Fine Day, I wasn't offered that. So you're still in that 'Hey, I'm just trying to get a job' thing. Then, you get to the point where, if you decide to do it, then they'll make the film. That's a different kind of responsibility, and it usually takes a couple of films to catch up. And then you have to actually pay attention to the kind of films that you're making.
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The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the 'pure' experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet.
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The priest knows, as every one knows, that there is no longer any "God," or any "sinner," or any "Saviour" that "free will" and the "moral order of the world" are lies : serious reflection, the profound self conquest of the spirit, allow no man to pretend that he does not know it.
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The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.
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I can see in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden.
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I know I speak for the Bishop when I tell you how sorry I am for all the pain you have suffered in your life.
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Between lovers, betrayal is always the worst sin.
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So I very quickly stopped almost all decoration. I was interested in the three-dimensional form of the pots, but my decoration was nonexistent.
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Focus on that sensation and see how it changes when you take a deep breath out.
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When we did protect him, we didn't convert our opportunities.
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Strange! I don't understand how it is that we can write mathematical expressions and calculate what the thing is going to do without being able to picture it.
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Any blockhead can arrange a sublet. All I ever wanted was to support myself on art.
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You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.
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Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.
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Civilization is paralysis.
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I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate.
