Albert Einstein Quotes
Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may become injurious for the individual and for the community.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
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I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
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The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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Even the best scientists are often insecure and feel the need for recognition.
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Sometimes there's cities where it's just hard to find healthy food. You just have to be prepared.
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I think what Trump will be judged on by the folks that voted for him... is whether things start to get a little bit better over the next few years. And ultimately, that doesn't depend on whether Jeff Sessions is the attorney general.
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.
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There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons.
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Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.
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When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.
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No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as 'what a man does with his solitude.'
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Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may become injurious for the individual and for the community.
