"Self-love is an instrument useful but dangerous; it often wounds the hand which makes use of it, and seldom does good without doing harm."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Love Is Quotes #Self Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.”
“We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.”
“Most women have small waists the world throughout, But their desires are thousand miles about.”

Source : Cyril Tourneur, Thomas Middleton, C. R. A. Foakes (1996). “The Revenger's Tragedy”, p.114, Manchester University Press
“The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.”
“I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do.”

Source : "Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. March 29, 2006.
“Still the noise in the mind: that is the first task - then everything else will follow in time.”

Source : R. Murray Schafer (1977). “The Tuning of the World”, Alfred A. Knopf
“Never eat Chinese food in Oklahoma.”
“in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a real trend in the kind of books bill gives me to read. and just like the tape of songs, it is amazing to hold each of them in the palm of my hand. they are all my favorites. all of them.”

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