"To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination."

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Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

#Self Quotes #Envy Quotes #Examination Quotes

“Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Let them grow into trees of Service and shower the sweet fruit of Ananda. Share the Ananda with all. That is the proper way to celebrate the Birthday”
“I don't want to not be important.”
“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.”

Source : Twitter post from May 05, 2013
“If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than just arouse his interest, for it will create in him admiration and wonder, a feeling loftier than any interest and more satisfying.”
“The Christmas season is also that time of year when the business world implores us to consider the material as more important than the spiritual, all in the spirit of 'the holidays.' So we celebrate the arrival on Christmas Day of iPods and DVDs... Then again, maybe this is precisely the kind of seasonal silliness that causes the Christian faithful to shut out the noise and contemplate the real nativity scene and its eternal promise.”
“I've gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they're full of themselves. You know, I don't care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing?”
“I want nothing less than a faith founded upon a rock, faith in the constitution of things. The various man-made creeds are fictitious, like the constellations Orion, Cassiopeiaâ€™s Chair, the Big Dipper; the only thing real in them is the stars, and the only thing real in the creeds is the soulâ€™s aspiration toward the Infinite.”
“The very point of Labor's Zionist program is to have as much land as possible and as few Arabs as possible!”

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