Quotes Tagged "constant"

Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant aspects of truth that can be perceived by human means. And I don't mean the kind of surface beauty that fades with age, or the sort of shallow wisdom that gets lost in platitudes. True beauty grips your gut and squeezes your lungs, and makes you see with utmost clarity exactly what is before you. True wisdom then steps in, to interpret, illuminate, and form a life-altering insight.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

Since the only constant is change, as you grow there is always room to develop and improve the personal relationship you have with yourself.

Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.

Trump's executive order on refugees, his endless petty feuds - with allies, with judges, with Arnold Schwarzenegger - his constant stream of up-is-down and down-is-up fabrications is outrageous.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions.

Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

There is a constant need for new systems and new software.

By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.

Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands.

I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.

Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.

I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting.

Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.

The constant drip drop of fraudulent activities coming out of Wells Fargo is absolutely outrageous.

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.