Centredness Quotes

#1. Self-centredness thus enabling every human being to see the universe spread out in descending tiers beneath himself who is its lord,

Marcel Proust

#2. Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.

Nirmala Srivastava

#3. [The natural life] knows that if the spiritual life gets hold of it, all its self-centredness and self-will are going to be killed and it is ready to fight tooth and nail to avoid that.

C.S. Lewis

#4. If you think all this is going on, all these gigantic fields of gravity and light with you in mind, then you really do have a self-centredness problem.

Christopher Hitchens

#5. "The twins no longer derive their sustenance from Nature's founts - in short," said Mr. Micawber, in one of his bursts of confidence, "they are weaned ... "

Charles Dickens

#6. The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.

Judith Martin

#7. I think they named the orange before the carrot.

Demetri Martin

#8. Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength.

Thomas Pynchon

#9. Nobody can stand truth if it is told to him. Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself because then, the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable.

Frederick Salomon Perls

#10. (speaking of Ann Radcliffe) A work of art worthy of the name is one which gives us back the freshness of the emotions of childhood.

Andre Breton

#11. Nothing can dwindle to nothing, as Nature restores one thing from the stuff of another, nor does she allow a birth, without a corresponding death.

Titus Lucretius Carus

#12. What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

Bob Dylan

#13. The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.

Mike DeWine

#14. Don't let anyone's negative thoughts infect your beautiful mind.

Debasish Mridha

#15. Forgiveness is more than words ... it is a state of being, and if forgiveness is to be anything more than a superficial offering, then, psychological, emotional, and spiritual ground must be cleared in order that the act of forgiveness may be properly rooted, and, therefore, lasting.

Bill Whitehouse

#16. The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you.

Michael Chertoff