Bede Griffiths Quotes
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.Bede Griffiths
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
Adam Goldberg -
We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
Jackie DeShannon -
By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
Iain Banks -
Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
Adam Mansbach -
I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
Wayne McGregor -
My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
Ranbir Kapoor
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Stay calm and aggressive.
Gabrielle Reece -
I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Carl Jung -
I think anything goes in fiction as long as it fits within the interior logic of the work itself and is presented in a disciplined manner.
Hanya Yanagihara -
And yet it moves.
Galileo Galilei -
When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.
Samuel Dash
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Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
P. Chidambaram -
When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
B. B. King -
I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Carl Forti -
Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.
Hamza Yusuf -
I believe the attorney general or the deputy attorney general has an obligation to follow the law and the Constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the President.
Sally Yates -
I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.
Victoria Wood
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A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn.
Yasunari Kawabata -
Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.
Lao Tzu -
He... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break -- chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
Emily Bronte -
Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.
William Ernest Hocking -
Love isn't supposed to torment you. If it does, there's probably something wrong.
Yasmin Mogahed -
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.
Bede Griffiths