"In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects."

-- Saint Basil

#Eye Quotes #Sight Quotes #Mind Quotes

“We know through the process of energy independence, our whole geopolitical footprint changes in terms of our national security and how we operate the American military. In addition to that we've got all these forward liabilities on these entitlement programs that, with the right tax and the energy policy, we can pay down and offset some of those liabilities.”
“Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so.”
“That's not a prediction, that's a spoiler.”
“As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.”

Source : Huineng (1967). “The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch”
“If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.”
“Blessed is he who submits to the will of God; he can never be unhappy.”
“Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward.”
“I'm single. I had to make a few changes in my life.”

Source : "Kim Delaney Hides Some Sexy Secrets on Army Wives". Interview with Ileane Rudolph, www.tvguide.com. June 1, 2007.

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