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Martin Gardner Mathematician
Self

"Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by their peers as committing an inexcusable crime. Yet the sad fact is that the history of science swarms with cases of outright fakery and instances of scientists who unconsciously distorted their work by seeing it through lenses of passionately held beliefs."

Real Self Science
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Self

"I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man?s table, where one is fain to sit mincing and chewing his meat an hour together, drink little, be always wiping his fingers and his chops, and never dare to cough nor sneeze, though he has never so much a mind to it, nor do a many things which a body may do freely by one?s self."

Men Self Turkeys
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Mooji Spiritual Teacher
Self

"Forget about trying to stabilize the personal sense of Self. It is inherently unstable. See that the Self watches this."

Self Spiritual Wisdom
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Mooji Spiritual Teacher
Self

"Honor your seeing...digest your seeing...otherw ise it becomes just another thing you file away in the mind's department of philosophy...yo u're here for much more than knowledge...you are here for Self-discovery."

Self Philosophy Discovery
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Lord Byron Poet, Novelist
Self

"Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it."

Self Love Snakes
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Dale Carnegie Author, Speaker
Self

"The very best way in all the world to overcome self-consciousn ess and shyness is to get interested in other people and to think of them and, almost miraculously, your timidity will pass. Do something for other people. Practice deeds of kindness, acts of friendliness, and you'll be surprised to see what happens."

Thinking Self Kindness
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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
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"Too much of a self-centered attitude creates mistrust and suspicion in others, which can in turn lead to fear. But if you have more of an open mind, and you cultivate a sense of concern for others' well-being, then, no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep your inner peace."

Self Attitude Concern For Others
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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Self

"The demand of the loveless and the self-imprisoned that they should be allowed to blackmail the universe: that till they consent to be happy (on their own terms) no one else shall taste joy: that theirs should be the final power; that Hell should be able to veto Heaven."

Inspirational Self Religious
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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Self

"The full acting out of the self's surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will to obey, in the absence, or in the teeth, of inclination"

Self Pain Perfect
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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Self

"From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God or self for the centre is opened to it."

Self God Atheism
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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Self

"When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment."

Self Practice Yoga
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