"The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst."

-- Sam Keen

#Self Esteem Quotes #Animal Quotes #Men Quotes

“I always say that as a Christian I cannot find any passage in the Gospels in which Jesus condemned homosexuality.”
“The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time.”
“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.”

Source : "At Dawn We Slept". Book by Donald M Goldstein, Gordon Prange, and Katherine V. Dillon, 1981.
“Every home has its influences, for good or evil, upon humanity at large.”

Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”
“...and my loneliness, always my loneliness - that airless bubble of despair that is slowing stifling me.”
“God loves us beyond comprehension, and we cannot diminish God's love for us.”
“Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning”

Source : Tal Ben-Shahar (2002). “The Question of Happiness: On Finding Meaning, Pleasure, and the Ultimate Currency”, p.18, iUniverse
“Great companies make meaning. A company has a name, but its people give it meaning.”

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