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Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. Henri Frederic Amiel
Man Passion Before Latent Possibility Give Mere Like Force Without Shock Iron Which Forth Spark Flint Awaits
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. Henri Frederic Amiel
Work You Light Has-Been Responsible Entrusted Talent Been While
Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment. Jean Piaget
Ego Childish Environment Between Essence Inability Social Differentiate
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. Karl Barth
God Grace Laughter Closest Closest Thing Thing
Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God. Saint Francis de Sales
God Heart Solitude Own Others Various Retire Talk Times Discussions Transactions While Engaged Your Even
Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our greatest challenge: the self, the ego, in our own eyes and as others see us. Tariq Ramadan
Eyes Ego Enemies Challenge Looking Own Others Our Ourselves See Potential Take Outside Self Glance Instead Counting Inward Greatest Greatest Challenge Turn Us Measure Fasting
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. Alice Miller
Respect Honor Signs Parents See Look Calls Commandment Child Wherever Nowhere
In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more sustainability. Bertrand Piccard
Life Fight Quality People Heroes Will Poverty Think Introduce More Quality Of Life Improve Sustainability Century Who
Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge. Carl Jung
Knowledge Reality Example Field Thinking Other Type Introverted Critique Darwin Objective Could Factor Take Facts Over Himself Normal Subjective Just Might Kant Speaks Wide
In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness. Carl Jung
Life Psychic First Progressive Out Mental Rises Unconscious Development Like Islands Continent Continuous Effect Child Gradually Form Which Depths Separate Means Unite Extension Consciousness
Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us. Carl Jung
Life Heart Become Secret Our Unrest Unconscious Dealing Question Being Us Root
Passion for what you do is essential to success in any profession. That passion naturally keeps you interested and aware of everything that is going on around you, anything affecting your craft. Daniel Humm
Success You Passion Everything Around Affecting Craft Any Going Essential Anything Interested Your Naturally Profession Aware Keeps
Without tolerance, our world turns into hell. Friedrich Durrenmatt
World Hell Tolerance Our Our World Without Turns
I wouldn't change myself for anybody. I am who I am; people accept me, or they don't. I have my strengths and my weaknesses, which I can try to improve upon, of course. I'm still not the finished product. Granit Xhaka
Myself Me Change People Try Finished Weaknesses Finished Product Accept Course Am Still Improve Anybody Which Product Who Strengths
St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit. Hans Urs von Balthasar
God Man Try Philosophers Philosophy Summit Say Would Seek Attain Divine He Paul Created Theological Why
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. Henri Frederic Amiel
People Will Clever Nothing Recognize Clever People Cleverness Tolerate
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. Henri Frederic Amiel
Genius Impossible Difficult Others Easily Find Talent Doing
Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. Henri Frederic Amiel
Quality Satisfied Others Ourselves Charm More Makes Us
In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. Karl Barth
Christ Church Should Jesus Jesus Christ
Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree. Karl Barth
God Tree Too Jews Guests Those Promise Only Onto New House Wood Them Then Chosen Christians
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart. Karl Barth
God Together Bach About Angels Only Sure Am Praising Go However Task May Mozart Play
A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe. Le Corbusier
Beautiful Thought Hundred Hundred Times Catastrophe New Times York New York
For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect and the work of a most wise Creator, nothing at all takes place in the universe in which some rule of maximum or minimum does not appear. Leonhard Euler
Work Wise Nothing Universe Rule Minimum Fabric Some Perfect Takes Since Most Does Maximum Place Which Appear Creator
A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art. Mario Botta
Art Spiritual People Voices Close Get Place Lower Museum
Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. Max Frisch
Technology Experience World Knack Arranging
You can put anything into words, except your own life. Max Frisch
Life You Words Own Except Put Anything Your
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