#ff

Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down. ↗

— Charles Simeon

#cause #down #effect #end #eyes

On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to it from all sides. They carry the person as if in a stream, and one needs hardly to swim for oneself. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#consciousness #easy #hand #hardly #infinitely

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#career #create #effect #great #great career

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other. ↗

— Russell Simmons

#community #each #help #help people #i

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years. ↗

— Carly Simon

#artistry #been #different #few #gone

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way. ↗

— Paul Simon

#bigger #did #differ #difference #each

All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects. ↗

— James Young Simpson

#effects #especially #excess #fatal #nature

Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#always #definitely #different #duration #huge

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing. ↗

— Mike Simpson

#allies #also #bear #deals #emotional

I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. ↗

— Wallis Simpson

#courage #had #i #life #new