#abandon

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #born #crime #envy #faith

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #beautiful #born #desires #ears

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#absurdity #apparent #because #begun #carefully

I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned by someone else. ↗

— Joan Didion

#adoption #been #else #feels #i

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to be very careful. If, at that point, you abandon the work you have been doing, there is a good chance that you will just collapse and drift. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#age #around #been #careful #chance

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#assumptions #conviction #must #ready #stick

With it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in front of their TV. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#adult #appeared #audience #audiences #cinemas

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#character #crime #pays #price #society

The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#cry #fear #infant #rage

A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#dancer #educated #good #school