What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
Confucius
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ELISABETH ELLIOT Ques eso? Queso?
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J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
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EMILE DURKHEIM Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of his idolatry.
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J. ARUNDEL CHAPMAN He who seeks truth, shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty, shall find vanity. He who seeks order, s...
MOSHE SAFDIE All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object i...
H.L. MENCKEN It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY No man chooses evil because it is evil; he just mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
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JEAN COCTEAU The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible s...
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LERCHE NJANG The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception...
SAM HARRIS Women think they can act like evil monsters from hell and be loved like a princess. It's as if the d...
ROBIN SACREDFIRE The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.
JIM HARRISON The man who seeks one thing in life and but one May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he w...
OWEN MEREDITH Voltaire lighted a torch and gave to others the sacred flame. The light still shines and will as lon...
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ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to oth...
HAZRAT ALI He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shal...
MOSHE SAFDIE Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
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Unsha...
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JOSEPH HALL Do what is best for you; it will be the best for the world.
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LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain.
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SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Is there any other industry in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the custome...
RUPERT MURDOCH I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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ALAN PATON What is sin?
It is the glory of God not honored.
The holiness of God not reverenced.
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JOHN PIPER Love is insanity, apparently.
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JULIE ANNE LONG Love without reason is fleeting; love without emotion, dry.
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GAUTAMA BUDDHA The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
UNKNOWN A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
EPICTETUS A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society
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ALBERT SCHWEITZER What seeks you when you are not seeking, is the universe's way of speaking to you without speaking.
JENNIFER SODINI The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be done;
...
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I CHING A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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ROBIN SACREDFIRE When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.
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FREDERICK SAUNDERS The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
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