#nourish

The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self...from within. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

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The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable. ↗

— Charles Trevelyan

#conviction #hatreds #inevitable #national #nourish

From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain and nourish all the world. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#eyes #fire #nourishment #sustenance #women

We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him. ↗

— Polly Berrien Berends

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Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#destroying #enough #gentle #growth #his

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#capable #compassion #former #great #his

You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

#breakfast #country #expect #far #first

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. ↗

— Plato

#dirt #either #grow #growth #help

The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#been #beliefs #christian #christianity #diversity